2013 Memorial Cup

[Jalili]

I would take MacKinnon too, he's more of a sure thing. He's easy to peg as a marquee player.

Jones could reach the upper echelon people are talking about, and he'd be the better player, but there's also a big grey zone where he becomes a good but not great D-men.

Colorado will be picking Jones though.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Everyone still think Seth Jones is the first pick in 2013?

Most likely.  Doubtful if this Memorial Cup performance by McKinnon (at being selected as MVP) would change Central Scouting's draft position on McKinnon.

If it should come to that (a shifting of draft positions), then, McKinnon will have been seen differently.

Jones has  muoh potential, no doubt, in developing into a premier NHL d-man, what with his fluidity with his skating and flexibility in his game (a capable rushing  d-man).  With his enormous reach and extended height, I can see in the mold of a Chara-Coffey
type eventually.

McKinnon is blessed with deft puckhandling skills, speed, and an ability to find the net effortlessly when scoring.  Here, at this Memorial Cup, he showed why he is at the top of the order as he elevated his game and showcased his talents to an even higher
level.  Any team in need of a sharp shooter, paired with compatible wingers on a forward line, that player would be McKinnon.

When it counted the most, Mckinnon rose to the occasion.  Jones did not.