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Originally Posted by FAN
You are lumping Weisbrod ability to make/suggest good management decisions and his ability to evaluate talent together. It should be separated. I don't think there is anything wrong with picking a 4-5 year project with enormous upside at #21. Realistically, the only guy at #14 that could be expected to be close to NHL ready was Girgensons and Wilson. The best defenders available and Teravainen with his slight build were expected to be at least 3 years away. I don't think there were too many who believed that Hertl would be able to make the type of impact he made at the NHL level so soon, even though he was playing against men.
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It's also worth noting that the Flames traded down so they could pick Sieloff - also I Weisbrod guy IIRC. In fact rumour was they would have taken Sieloff at 21 if Janko was gone. Not sure if we would like that better or not.
Anyway the main point is we can't ultimately judge Weisbrod until all these pieces mature