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Rabid Ranger said:I disagree. First of all, I think regardless of what people think around here, Kessel is the clear-cut favorite, perhaps even lock for number one overall. His play this season with the Gophers has justified his number one ranking with EVERY scouting service. The real question is who is the favorite to be 2nd? IMO, that is where Toews, Frolik, and Johnson come in. If a team is looking for a d-man, Johnson could very well be the guy. After those three it comes to guys like Mueller and Staal to fill what would amount to the fifth and six positions.
The bottomline is, Kessel and Toews is nothing like Ovechkin and Malkin, because Toews in particular isn't the consensus number two player in this draft, regardless of what Pierre McGuire or Bob McKenzie thinks.
I dont wanna break your heart. But Kessel is not a slam dunk for the number 1 pick unlike Ovechkins year and Crosby's year. He is the number 1 prospect right now, and rather then him being a possibility for a number 1, players are after him for the number 1, but hes no slam dunk. Its similar, to Kovalchuks year, But instead of Spezza the only other guy that can go number 1, its like 3 other guys can take Kessels number 1 spot.
AS for the Pierre McGuire crap on half the gms willt ake Toews half will take Kessel, I strongly disaagree with him. Hes making up random numbers again. he has nothing to back up that 13 out of 30 gms will take Kessel over Crosby. THats just plain stupid. Nobody in the world would believe him. The same with the Half the gms will take Toews over Kessel. No one would believe him.