I mean, I'm quoting a guy who is saying I'm not credible because I wanted others instead of Tkachuk last year, I'm stating I still feel that way...He's talking about me not having Tkachuk 4th last year, I responded that I still don't think he's going to be the 4th best player
I'm highlighting the fact that I think one of the guys, who I had ranked higher, which the guy brought up with his backhand comment, will end up better in the long run.
Sure, if you take out all of the context, like how my statement falls in line with how I ranked the prospects both before and after the draft, and him stating that my opinion isn't credible because Tkachuk looks to be the 4th best guy right now thus I was wrong not to have him 4th, I probably wouldn't get the point either.
If you had those guys ranked above Pietrangelo, sure, it would have been a bad pick. If not, of course it isn't a bad pick. I had others above Tkachuk, which was the whole reason for that guy writing that in the first place, hence my comment.
Ok like I said I didn't want to be part of the debate so that's why I only quoted that small part. I wanted to point out how that argument doesn't work, context or not. It's too obvious that it's useless to point it out.
Of course Tkachuk isn't going to be the 4th best player in the draft. Some guys drafted below will more than likely outplay him. It happens every freaking draft. Everybody should be 100% aware of that by now. Look at any draft, any pick and do a re-draft. Very rarely the original pick will be in the same spot in the re-draft. There's always guys like Karlsson and Chabot who outplay those 3/4/5th OA picks.
I gave the Pietrangelo example... but it could have been literally any pick
You can mention the players that you would have drafted instead but saying he won't be the 4th best player in the draft says nothing. Just my opinion.
For me, it's more Tkachuk vs the other guys that we could have picked at this spot. IIRC it was between him and Zadina, Hughes, Boqvist, Bouchard, Wahlstrom and Dobson? Of course, they could have picked somebody else but it would have been going off the board like the Yotes for example.
Anyway, I think it's going to be a good pick no matter what. I look at his brother, I watched his father, I watch Brady and it's clearly in their genes. Brady won't be the one "not as good", he has the skill and overall skill-set, plus the "it" factor to be as good.
Finally, I don't think we'll be looking at the 2018 draft like one of the good ones, more like a very average one.