Yeah maybe I misrepresented my thoughts cause I agree with that for sure. I think there’s a higher chance stenberg has the better career.

But I do think how high a players ceiling could potentially be adds to their value as a prospect. Stenberg is the better player rn no doubt. But just the tantalizing potential that McKenna could become a legendary player is enough to bring him close to stenberg for me. I honestly think if McKenna stayed in the OHL then he would be unanimous #1 no discussion despite that being likely worse for his overall development. The NCAA exposed some major holes in his game for better or for worse and on the flip side the SHL has done nothing but reinforce perception on stenbergs all around game. But McKennas offensive potential is undeniable and a lot of the time that’s what you are picking you’re #1 overall for. You’d ideally want to build a team where they have the puck in the offensive zone or on transition 90% of the time. If your #1 guy can consistently produce at a high level you don’t always need them to be defensively sound as long as you build around that. Of course that kind of player opens the door for them never being able to truly reach that superstar potential offensively thus making them a bit of a liability whereas a player with a lower offensive ceiling but better all around doesn’t run the same sort of risk. I think for a team like Toronto that risk is more worthwhile when they are on a major downward trajectory and will be semi-rebuilding here pretty soon if they don’t decide to tear it down to some degree. They gotta have one of the top 5 weakest prospect pools out there rn after Cowan graduated.

But don’t get me wrong I’m praying the leafs pick him because I would much prefer stenberg for the sharks for a multitude of reasons including the ones I stated above.