BinCookin
Registered User
Of all the soon to be drafted players ranked in the top 10...
Which is most likely to Bust?
Should we avoid that pick?
Which is most likely to Bust?
Should we avoid that pick?
It will sound weird to say, but for me the answer is easily Dahlin. I don't believe you have to completely whiff to be the biggest bust, it's all about expectations and living up to them. I'll put it like this:
Every single player slated to go in the top 10 have people playing the role of devil's advocate, pointing out the holes and deficiencies in a respective player's game. Boqvist's lack of D and concussion history; Bouchard's skating; Dobson's lack of an elite skill set; Hughes' lack of size; Tkachuk's lack of true game breaking skill; the list goes on. It creates dialogue of why a player might not be as good as others hope. That dialogue exists for every consensus top 10 player...except Dahlin. His upside is so high and he is such a lock for #1 that there's no reason for people to debate, or even acknowledge, his negatives. I've read so much about him, and I still can't remember anything people have used as a knock against him. He has risen to this level of being treated as a soon-to-be perennial Norris candidate. The hype is so incredibly high, that it will be so easy for him to be a bust. If he ends up being anything other than a premier number one defenseman, he will have disappointed based on nearly every single expert's opinion.
All that said, and he's still the #1 pick by a longshot.
I couldn't tell you, but there will most likely be a bust or two in the top 10. If one of those busts happen to be our picks I can't wait for the hindsight gm's, who will be extra cancerous because a good defenseman will likely go after we pick. A lot of "why did Ken Holland pick X when Y was available?' BS may be in the future.
Hopefully whoever the Blackhawks pick.
If a kid has concussion issues prior to entering the NHL - not sure if I'd take that risk drafting him.
Boqvist because of concussions?
Hughes because too small?
Svechnikov will be a yakapov?
Tkackuk will lack scoring touch and be a 3rd-4th liner.
Just speculating and quite hard to say.