Many of those NTDP players belong there. He did get some of them wrong though.
Schock has no business anywhere near a first round. He compares him to Quinn Hughes. I don't think he's even close. I think he's closer to a non-draftable player than a first rounder. Maybe he models his game after Quinn Hughes, but nowhere near the same offensive ability.
He has Cullen Potter too low. He says that he lacks playmaking, and says that it's basically a certainty he won't play center. I don't see how someone could say he lacks playmaking. I also wouldn't be so sure he will move off center. There's almost two years until drafted. He could move off center, but what if he grows an inch or two? Jack Hughes and Connor Bedard are both, at tallest, 5'10. Potter is 5'9.
I think he should've included Emile Guite. He admits in the comments that his skating is why he's not. It's not good, but Matthew Wood was a first round pick with some of the worst skating I've ever seen from a legit NHL prospect. Guite's skating isn't that bad for him to not be a first rounder.
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