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Originally Posted by wingmaker
I am not saying that Sutter was horrible at drafting. He did find a couple of decent players. But his record is hardly anything to get excited about.
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Oh I'll say its horrible, but I think 99% of drafting has to do with the scouts and 1% has to do with the GM. I think fans know so little about drafting that we really have no idea who to point a finger at, so the GM is a target. Look at Feaster's Tampa team, what is it 4 NHL drafts and the only NHL players he got was Paul Ranger and Blair Jones?
As far as 1st round picks go, Darryl's were : Chucko, Pelech, Irving, Backlund, Erixon. Chucko blew chunks, ok I agree - no idea WTF he was thinking there. Pelech, I think it was a bad draft year, so whatever - this is the equivalent to probably a Jankowski pick, drafting a young guy that flies under the radar for a particular circumstance. Irving, well, never drafting a ####ing goalie. Backlund and Erixon were good picks IMO. Remember all of these were draft picks in the 20's.
Lets compare to Detriot in that time period: Jakub Kindl, Cory Emmerton (41th earliest), Brendan Smith, Tom McCollum, Landon Ferraro, Riley Sheahan
Pittsburg, same period after Jordan Staal? Angelo Esposito, Nathan Moon, Simon Despres, Beau Bennett
So there you go