#2+#3 have clearly more value than just #1. The only exceptions are cases like Connor McDavid.
2019: Hughes < Kakko + Dach
2018: Dahlin = Svechnikov + Kotkaniemi
2017: Hischier < Patrick + Heiskanen
2016: Matthews < Laine + Dubois
2015: McDavid > Eichel + Strome
2014: Ekblad < Reinhart + Draisaitl
2013: MacKinnon = Barkov + Drouin
2012: Yakupov < Murray + Galchenyuk
2011: RNH < Landeskog + Huberdeau
2010: Hall = Seguin + Gudbranson
2009: Tavares < Hedman + Duchene
2008: Stamkos = Doughty + Bogosian
2007: Kane > JVR + Turris
2006: Johnson < Staal + Toews
2005: Crosby > Ryan + Johnson
2004: Ovi > Malkin + Barker
2003: Fleury < Staal + Horton
2002: Nash = Lehtonen + Bouwmeester
2001: Kovalchuk = Spezza + Svitov
2000: DiPietro < Heatley + Gaborik
Hmm, I’d definitely say that history is on your side. Do we consider Lafreniere a McDavid-level prospect, is the question.