What do Laf and Kakko have in common? Both are average skaters. If you are picking at the top of the draft, you better damn well pick a guy who can skate.
i know Chytil has been shit this year, but I really think the kid can develop into a useful player based, primarily on the fact that he can skate.
Look at Marty Necas. He can outskate most NHLers. He turns the puck over way too much, but he can make shit happen too.
I'm just not seeing it with Laf especially. What is it that he does that leads you to think he will develop into a player who can dominate, at least a particular area of the game?