12 of the top 15 point leaders currently were top 10 picks

[Breakfast of Champs]

To add to this , 9 were top 5. Another note is that among the 3 outliers, 2 are Russian and likely fell in the draft because of this. Bratt is the only non Russian non top 10 pick among them.

Goes to show that elite offensive players are generally identified at an early age, and the importance of hitting on top 10 picks is huge

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[FoxyClean]

This just in:
Current elite players also used to be elite players.

 

[Clam Jensen]

Jesper Bratt is himothy