once again you are just plain wrong as you can't have extremely unanimous when you have votes for both sides since unanimous is when everyone agrees.
But that's not even taking into consideration my point, which is how many people have watched him at Northeastern vs how many people have watched Mete in the NHL?
But even going further, I can understand why people don't think he has top pairing upside because it's not going to be a popular opinion despite him doubling his ppg and being one of the top U-20 blueliners in the NCAA. If he makes it as a solid 3rd pairing D for where he was picked then that's a big win for us and Timmins/Churla/scouts.
As for Mete, yes he was sent down for 7 games, yet the majority of posters in that poll said they didn't feel his defensive game got worse as you pointed out. I made that poll because I didn't have great ground on stand on since I all but stopped watching any Habs games this season other then Primeau's and Evans debuts but it still didn't sound right to me and I think you are wrong there.
For Norlinder he was doing great then he got injured and was out for over 6 weeks. But clearly before that something had changed in his game, he stopped being ultra aggressive and instead was more focused on his defensive play. I thought it was great to see. He very clearly has top pairing upside imo, I got to see a good bit of him with Modo, and while it's really too early to say since he was playing in Allsvenskan so it really should be looked at how he does next year, but he has all the tools to be a top pairing D except maybe there could be an issue with the IQ, I don't know how high it is or even if there's an issue but it's something I saw a little of that I wanted to see more of and then he was injured cam back for a few games and the season was canceled so now I have to wait till next year.
Struble reminds me of Subban so I think it's ok to say he has top pairing upside but is also the biggest wild card of anyone in the system due to just how raw he is, how little we have to go off in terms of games since it's USHS and then 21 NCAA games where he clearly had to figure some things out and earn the coaches trust as he started out on the 3rd pairing but worked his way up to the 2nd pairing and 2nd PP unit. He was really starting to put things together but then got hurt again. Like Norlinder he has the tools but I see much more red flags with the IQ then Norlinder which is why for now I would say Norlinder has the best chance to be a top pairing D, followed by Romanov, then Brook then Struble then Harris.
