The quote over on Puck Daddy by Pierre-Luc Dubois (PLD) was "they draft you for what you’re going to be in your prime and not for what you are right now.”
I think that sums up what Jarmo Kekalainen and the Blue Jackets scouts are projecting, a higher eventual ceiling versus what is available now. And indeed, that seems to fit the need of the team. Circumstances, time, and a good post by John Kemp precluded me from writing my third 'Calder Cup Quandary' post about the forwards. But there it is. Our minor league team just won a championship, but we're supposed to pick a guy who is going to jump over them because he was the consensus pick?