You're right, it's not a race, but that isn't an argument that proves Pettersson is better or will be better than Hischier. Hischier was the better prospect in their draft year, he was the better prospect in the D+1 season, Pettersson is not all of a sudden the better prospect at the very start of the D+2 season. Yes, Pettersson had a very impressive SHL season, but the SHL is a far way off of the NHL as far as overall quality goes. As I posted earlier as well, NHLe, which already has a bias towards players who are good enough to make the jump, predicts 61 points for him this season based on his performance last year. That would be a great season for him and for any rookie. Just continually posting that Pettersson will be better doesn't make it so and it doesn't overturn what has been the prevailing wisdom for almost two years. You have to do better if you want to demonstrate that, or better yet, let's actually wait for some time to pass to make a reasonable assessment.