this is like a Tkachuk deja vu.... I remember with Matthew, fans were displaying their displeasure and saying he was taken too high and expressed concerned about his NHL potential and all that.... Brady has been getting that too and now people seemed to be pumped after this past game. Even rival fans have been saying how dominant he was
Don't bet against Tkachuks!!!
People went crazy with a counter-narrative due to how much the fact he was a Tkachuk was so played up in the media. Then there's the group that basically just stat-watched him and then used that to knock him down against his brother, ignoring that Matthew played on the best USNTDP team arguably ever with Matthews as his center, while Brady played on a weaker team with Josh Norris as his center. Then in their draft year Brady never got an elite center for that level outside of Mittelstadt at the WJC, whereas Matthew played again with Matthews at the WJC, and Dvroak and Marner in London.
Is he going to be a franchise player? Probably not. But, he should be a valuable complimentary 1st liner. Some other guys from this draft might have a higher probability of being a franchise player, but probably with a much bigger chance of busting. The only forward who was another level from him was Svechnikov. While Zadina, Wahlstrom, and Kravtsov are probably unlikely to become franchise players, because they are flashy, people hold out that hope for them. For all of them it will be hard to accomplish being much more than a solid 1st line option. For Kotkaniemi and Hayton, it will be an uphill battle to be legitimate 1st line centers to build around. One of the better takes on Tkachuk was from an unnamed NHL scout in this year's Black Book.
"He gives the term 'complimentary player' a good name"
