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Originally Posted by saillias
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Originally Posted by icarus
We're still going to get a higher draft pick than we've had for a long time and I have confidence our scouting staff can get a top guy.
Well we picked up Baertschi with 13 and before that Phaneuf with 9... so not really. And I don't really have that confidence at all. Still Tod Button in charge? Yeah.
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Wait...I'm sorry...are you saying Baertschi was a
BAD choice at 13? Phaneuf was also a
BAD choice at 9? Despite Phaneuf's lack of progression after a certain point in the NHL, he was always the right choice at the time. The drafting group was under the influence of Sutter for years, and consequently Button drafted to the priorities Sutter emphasized in young players. Button has done just fine co-ordinating the draft for the new management's emphasis on certain players. It was always a problem of bad priorities to evaluate prospects by. That has been fixed it seems.
...next!