Would you say picks 3-8 are a wash?

[apollo18]

Laf will most definetly go 1st and it seems like byfield will go second.
Would you say that the players in 3-8 are very interchangeable?
There is Raymond, Rossi, Stutzle, Perfetti, Drysdale, Holtz

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[amnesiac]

2. LA - Byfield
3. OTT- Stutzle
4. DET - Rossi
5. OTT - Drysdale
6. ANA - Raymond
7. NJ - Perfetti
8. BUF - Holtz

 

[derriko]

If you made it 4-8 your argument would be a lot better. Stutzle is arguably better than Byfield.

tiers:
1
2/3
4/5/7/8

 

[lawrence]

100 Canadian dollars Ottawa will pick Drysdale if he's not gone. they will add a dman and a foward in this draft, it only makes sense that way. Elite foward and a elite dman. why pick 2 fowards?

 

[Northern Avs Fan]

I think there’s a drop off after Lafreniere, Byfield, and Stuztle.

That’s why I think Detroit got so F’d tonight.

 

[amnesiac]

100 Canadian dollars Ottawa will pick Drysdale if he's not gone. they will add a dman and a foward in this draft, it only makes sense that way. Elite foward and a elite dman. why pick 2 fowards?

cus Stutzle is that good

would Detroit pick Drysdale if available after picking Seider in the 1st last year?

 

[Pinto Bean]

Lafreniere is the clear #1

Byfield and Stutzle seem pretty interchangeable at #2-3 based on a lot of the mocks

4-8 seems to be the range where there seems to be a solid group of guys who can fall anywhere between this range.. (Drysdale, Raymond, Rossi, Pefetti, and Sanderson)

 

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2/3
4-9

 

[Voight]

Byfield is a lot closer to the top than most think or will admit so it depends.

 

[Merrrlin]

I honestly don’t a see a huge gap after Laf.

 

[Paul4587]

Stutzle is quite a bit ahead of number 4. I think there’s a next tier of Drysdale, Rossi and Raymond after that who are ahead of number 7. So no they’re far from a wash.

 

[Mickey Marner]

Of course not. If they are, trade 3rd for 8th straight up.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

It's hard to say.

First of all, your characterization that Byfield will most likely go second isn't one I agree with, so that makes it then hard to vote on a premise I disagree with.

As to 3-8, I think there are definitely differences in the caliber of the players, and you'd rather have the 3rd choice than the 8th choice, but on average, there's not a huge difference between what you should be expecting from 3 as opposed to 8 in most drafts.

 

[Golden_Jet]

I’d say 4-8,9 are a wash.