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Originally Posted by Tinordi
I have nothing against Shero.
But Shero has been the GM for 8 years now. How many of his draft picks are on that team contributing? Olli Maata. edit and Niskanen? Forgetting others I think.
Beau Bennett is not contributing yet.
He's grown one player in 8 years.
How could you conclude he's been good at drafting?
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Jordan Staal is pretty good and there have been misses (Esposito etc) but what GM hasn't? He's also traded guys like Morrow for immediate help. 2008 draft they didn't have a first pick until the 4th round. Since 2010 their drafts have actually been pretty good which is why they have been considered amongst the top 15 prospect bases recently.
The only top teams I can recall over the last decade that have been good at finding top contributors with late picks is the Wings and Sharks. It's not easy finding quality talent picking late every year just ask the Canucks. I feel Shero has done fairly well all things considered.