ErnieLeafs
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I still don't understand why people think his offensive game will be a problem.
Let's compare him with Doughty for a moment.
2005–06 Guelph Storm OHL 65 5 28 33 40 14 0 13 13 18
2006–07 Guelph Storm OHL 67 21 53 74 76 4 2 3 5 8
2007–08 Guelph Storm OHL 58 13 37 50
Here are Doughty's 3 years in Junior. 2007 was his final junior year when he was the same age as Jakob and he scored below PPG.
2014–15 Sarnia Sting OHL 42 16 17 33
This was Chyhcrun's 2014 season, scoring at essentially the same clip as Doughty, despite being a year younger in that very same scenario.
2015-16 Sarnia Sting OHL 42 7 22 29
This is his stat line for this season thus far. Almost identical, despite the fact that he was nursing a hurt shoulder and the team in front of him couldn't produce any offence. Would anyone say that picking Doughty was the wrong move? No, and especially now not in hindsight.
Bottom line is, Jakob has amazing hockey IQ, great defensive positioning, he's the best skater in the draft when it comes to defence men and he's already a man child in terms of size and he's only 17. Anybody who passes on him beyond the 3-4 range will be sorry in the future as far as I can tell. If we're drafting 4, I want no one else besides him.
Really, REALLY debatable.