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Originally Posted by nik-
The only people who thought that we could legitimately compete at that point was management, so why didn't they draft a more NHL ready player?
It's not simply a question of more NHL ready, people feel other choices were better prospects in general, regardless of the timeline. More NHL ready is a bonus.
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And that is why you, me and those people are sitting in a front of our monitors and are playing the "i'm right, your'e wrong" game while the paid scouts are scouting and putting their career on the line with these picks.
If the management thought we could compete at this time wouldn't they draft a more NHL ready prospect? I'm sure as heck Feaster knew what he had in the locker room but his hands were tied by the ownership group. To be honest kudos to him for not trying to jeopardize the future of this franchise and sticking with who they thought had the highest potential of the available prospects.
They could very well end up being wrong but they scouted the player and thought he was the best player available for this franchise. Were they right? We'll have that answer in couple more years.