Jaynki
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Exactly, he's a good prospect that may be a key part of the future but there's no need to pretend like he's a regular 1st overall pick. Comparisons to Jack Hughes is really silly. He was 2nd on his team in scoring in year 2... We all know Slaf won't even sniff at that.
If we're being completely honest, is he really better NHLer than Ylonen right now? If the answer is defending the fact that Slafkovsky got rare talent, showed some things last season, and will be elite one day... It doesn't answer the question truthfully. If Slafkovsky is not really better than Pinard/Ylonen right now, he shouldn't be in NHL until he is better than those AHL graduates.
At this point, one could ask if Slafkovsky is better than Pezzetta.
Btw the comparison with Jack Hughes are just to establish a timeline of performance. Struggled in his 1st year, nothing indicative of a megastar. Then boom massive growth 2nd year then boom mega star ppg+.
So we will see if Slaf has this mega growth and you will see for yourself if he is better than Rhp and Ylonen even if we already have the f***ing obvious answer.