Maybe true for some or even the majority. But Im also willing to bet most posters didn't watch his wjc or wc that summer where he was the definition of vanilla. I didn't watch him in Rockford but he likely was the same there and Stand and co saw it too.
He looked good for those first few games with us but the latter half a year should have raised serious queations about his ceiling/potential/archetype. He probably tops as a decent player but isn't the destined top pairing, overall beast so many proclaimed him (not to mention the rediculous Hammer comps).
I think what happened was that people just suck with the image of what player he showed to be in those 15ish games. But we've seen how decieving limited sample sizes are (khm Forsling). They never really followed up on that image after his performance dips, which were during a much longer period.
Beating a dead horse here but I totally understand why Stan went for the higher ceiling, but riskier Nylander over the safe but not too special Joki. We are trying to find high impact players.
Complete other matter just how overrated Joki got here. One of the most annoying players and situation for me.
