This was the first year that I started avidly following the draft. It seemed like the organization was finally ready to fully invest into drafting and developing their own homegrown talent.
Sven was originally the biggest prize but times have changed and now it's looking like the last player we picked, that we kept, is going to have the biggest impact. It's looking like we have NHLers in Wotherspoon and Granlund too so this really was a successful draft for us.
We also got additional assets in a 2nd round pick and Smid so this draft really did signify a change in philosophy within the organization to focus on aquiring assets as opposed to constantly spending them on wasted attempts at cup runs where, in reality, our teams weren't built properly to even compete in them.
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