Quoting: ChiHawk
Dach had the skills to be a NHL player right after the draft whereas Suzuki stumbled from the prior year and Byram didn't look great both in the juniors against kids. Turcotte struggled against playing with bigger more fully grown young men in the NCAA. Both leagues are 2 big steps down from the NHL. There's your comparisons all at the same age.
Dach is going to be a very special player and willing to bet quite a bit he's got the best chance to reach his ceiling (The Athletic agrees) and not just because of his size. We will see of course, but for anyone to be down on Dach is just comical. 28 other teams would have loved to have taken him in the draft as was reported by even the Avs who the GM there is kind of one of the top 5 if not top 3 GMs in the league.
Alright, again, that whole comparing him to others in the draft class is all well and good. I’m glad hawks fans are prideful of him being in the NHL. I still see others being even better, but that’s just my opinion and research.
I get that he may be special. He may even hit his ceiling. The athletic definitely loves him. It is crazy to be down on him. In the end, Joe Sakic still ended up byram and newhook, who will only make them even better. I’d be willing to bet newhook will excel a lot under mackinnon. Besides, Dach has to go up against them for the next 15 years. Crazier things have happened, but I’m sure there’s an obvious winner in that scenario for that duration.