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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
WAT!?
Pascal Leclaire
Zherdev
Alexandre Picard
Gilbert Brule
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Outside of Zherdev look at the guys drafted right after them. Not a whole lot of talent there. After Leclaire you have Blackburn, Ruutu, Sjostrom and Hamhuis. Hamhuis good and Ruutu played a lot but not exactly stud picks. Leclaire better than Blackburn or Sjostrom. After Picard Smid, Valabik, Thelen and Tukonen again not a lot of top talent there. Brule was followed by Skille, Setoguchi, Lee and Bourdon. Again not a lot.
I don't think MacLean was great but he isn't as close to being as bad as people made him out to be and a lot of his bad picks were due to not being a lot of great talent available where he picked. I guess he could have gone off the board and picked a guy 5+ spots earlier than he actually went but since 5 other teams passed those guys seems harsh to punish him for that as well.