Didn't Nichushkin have a lot of question marks though? Perhaps the Russian factor. He ended up sliding to 10 so obviously there were some doubts with him. I still think Monahan was the obvious choice. Even Mackenzie in that clip says Monahan is the logical choice. Plus if your scouts tell you this is the guy we think we should select I don't see why you would go against them. I'm just so thankful that the teams who did the choosing (Carolina and Edmonton) both seemed to leave us with the better player.
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