Seriously wonder why the OP left out Fantilli, Carlsson, Smith, Sennecke and Lindstrom.
I mean.....what has Demidov done to transcend those other forwards from his own draft, or the previous drafts. What has Michkov done?
Why would we compare a #5 and #7 to two #1's but leave out the forwards that were selected in between?
Are a bunch of scouts and GM's complete idiots for passing on generational talent, to select those marginal bums?
Yeah, I know, I get it....Russian factor, teams needs, etc, etc.
And yeah.....I f***ing love Demidov. I loved Michkov right up to the moment we passed on him.
Let's just wait and see what happens. Seriously for all we know, Fantilli could be the best player out of both of these drafts.
I will say that none of them will ever transcend the true generational (2020-2030) talent during this decade......