Turcotte looked like a top 5 pick at the WJCs, especially when it mattered most. I only watched a handful of games when he played at Wisconsin, and he's had limited action in the AHL, but in the games he has played, he's looked pretty good for the most part. I don't know if top-5 pick good, but he's been one of ONT's better forwards at generating chances. It's hard to gauge on such a short sample size.
But since this is the Byfield thread, I stand by what I said before; to me he's been ONT's best forward thus far... though the last 2 games he's looked pretty bad. Maybe that's not saying much as the whole team's looked like shit overall and maybe it's partially due to the WJCs. I mean he honestly looked like dog shit in the tournament.
With ONT, he's showing a lot of the 'tools' he was touted for and I don't see a lot of the things I had issues with when watching him at the WJC. I've listed some of those things several times so I won't again, but he just looks like a totally different player and in a good way. Even though the points aren't coming as much as we'd like, he's generating chances. Voxel mentioned in the other thread he had 2 point blank chances today vs BAK. I can see why he was touted so high pre-draft. Sure there are a lot of flaws in his game and sure he may never translate to the NHL, but at THIS VERY MOMENT, I see no reason to second guess the pick.
Stutzle is a fine player. He's doing well, but it's not like he's setting the world on fire. He's getting top 6 minutes for the Sens in the Canadian division... i mean, the all-offense, no defense division. He's scoring at a .58 ppg which is good. Patrick Kane scored at a .88 ppg... that's amazing.