Frankie41987
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As an English teacher I assure you I know what "consensus" means. Consensus does mean a majority or a general agreement. I'd argue that if at least 10/31 teams didn't take Wahlstrom/Dobson top ten (fact), it's a stretch to say they weren't a consensus top ten pick because we don't know what the rest of the league would have done so it's impossible to judge what the majority of teams thought, but we do know that among 10 teams there was not a general agreement that they were top 10 worthy.
Where players were ultimately drafted tells us a lot less information about how they were valued than you think. For all we know buffalo, Carolina and Montreal all could have had Wahlstrom as number 4 on their list. Even Edmonton who picked 10th could have had Dobson and Wahlstrom in their top 10 but if Bouchard was a spot higher than he is their pick. Going 11th overall is not the same as being ranked 11th overall by every team in the top 10. Nearly every talent evaluator that we as the public have access too had Wahlstrom and Dobson in the top ten, that’s consensus.