Habs 2010
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In my opinion habs should just draft Michkov, he is pretty much the consensus 3rd best player in this draft among the scouting community. Here's what Pronman had to say:
"In my opinion, there is a significant drop in ability from Michkov to Carlsson. The drop in talent is equivalent of that from Carlsson to the 18th-ranked player on my draft board. I have Will Smith from the U.S. NTDP closely behind Carlsson, but in terms of Michkov to the next best non-Carlsson/Smith player, that drop is cataclysmic. It’s the equivalent of the difference between Carlsson and players rated as late-round picks in terms of hockey ability. If Carlsson, Smith and Fantilli are gone and you take someone other than Michkov, in my opinion, you are picking a dramatically worse player."
You almost need to consider that if Michkov is available at 5 your pick should be valued more like a 3rd overall pick, off the Athletic chart that would be 10.2, so Detroit almost needs to trade 9th and 17th for 5th and a 4th round pick to really make it worth it for MTL. MTL should be thankful that Michkov might be available at 5, under normal circumstances they would have no shot at drafting a prospect like him.