I remember watching clips of him last year and yea it was a lower league but he looked dominant and was producing dominant numbers.
Do NHL teams think too much?
We have (largely) been through this. His VHL numbers were nothing special for a 20 y.o. He was 3rd in scoring even in his age bracket behind Khovanov (well, duh) and Pustozyorov (undrafted).
Comparables for his scoring pace (0.7 PPG or better) in the VHL as a 20 y.o. over the last 2 seasons are:
Arseni Gritsyuk (0.75 PPG, NJ 5th rounder)
Maxim Marushev (1,14 PPG, Vegas 7th rounder)
Kirill Tyutyayev (0,74 PPG, Detroit 7th rounder)
Kirill Slepets (0.71 PPG, Carolina 5th rounder)
Alexei Pustozyorov (0.87 PPG, undrafted)
Alexander Khovanov (0.8 PPG, Minnesota 3rd rounder)
Arizona's 6th rounder Danil Savunov was also reasonably close (0.67 PPG, I think) as were a few other undrafted prospects. So as you can see where he was picked falls almost perfectly in line with where NHL teams usually would pick this kind of prospect. And I think we can all agree very few of those guys will turn into NHL players, very few of them will turn into the player that Rashevsky already is, honestly. So anyone who says his stats indicated this kind of offensive breakthrough is full of shit.
I think all you can accuse NHL teams of is not having a crystal ball.
I've mentioned this already but there almost definitely are teams that don't even consider picking this kind of prospect: some Russian overager playing in the VHL with ok numbers. Jets bothered to consider it, scout him, take a chance on him, etc. Good for them.
Is he playing on the same line as Golden Knights legend Shipachyov?
He is now but for the majority of the season, they only played together on PP.