Politely not seeing the skill here seems a bit myopic.
Compete level combined with skill is like the holy grail. Can't tell you how many drafts I've watched with high skilled junior point scorers get drafted that shrivel as they work into the pro game.
#winning.
I think this captures everything in a subtle way, both in the way stated and not.
The ideal is this, but clearly the counter is a concern that what you risk getting here is the classic jack of all trades, master of none, moderate floor, lower ceiling player, and the people who like him see him as above average or higher in the skills scouted, and then a very very plus trait when it comes to mental make up and work habits.
The key angle that everything seems to turn on is this:
How high is his ceiling of productive countable stats, considering he's likely to max out his mental make up and "compete" "work habits" first in/last out type traits. Is he basically a high floor guy but that's it, or is he a guy that's gonna be a lot better than you'd superficially expect, a sort of Tom Brady ceiling for that arena (solid traits, none elite, all universe level compete/mental make up traits literally maximize every skill bucket period, just like his childhood idol, Joe Montanta).
I think what this comes down to, is how high is the ceiling considering the traits?
The other thing I've noticed is that so few people consider that the pick isn't about:
High floor vs high ceiling, it's about many, many other possibilities including Volchkov/Beech level mega bust, not just, boring high floor not special guy, but literally nothing of value whatsoever. It's a larger spectrum than simply, Jag to solid starter to all star to HOF level etc. There's just a much wider array of possibilities.
But the chief concern for now is simply how high is the ceiling, considering his mentality. And that's something we don't know, and scouts clearly disagree about.
