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Old 06-18-2013, 04:51 PM   #197
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Originally Posted by Hanna Sniper View Post
I love how some many posters make blanket statements about Darryl and just assume they are correct. Hell Darryl didn't even have word that the Flames were drafting Brett Sutter. While there have been some players that fit into the Sutter stereotype there was other that didn't fit into that stereotype as well.

If the stereotype was indeed true, the head of pro scouting still could have used that mold and drafted great players as well. Darryl so-called restriction didn't enable poor picks but rather poor scouting came to a concusses pick that was poor. Outside of the Dion pick, I really can't believe that Darryl pulled his weight on any pick

But it's easy to go along and beat a dead horse
The GM sets the parameters to use when ranking prospects; so Darryl might have put an emphasis on size where as another GM might prefer speed. The fact that Button has survived 4 GMs either says something about this skill in doing what is asked of him or says something about his skill in schmoozing to the right people

Just my $0.02
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