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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina

I would think the floor is always considered. And I doubt the team actually thought they had the next Nieuwy - a HHOFer with multiple cups on his resume. Any team making that type of projection for a guy drafted in that position - are fools. I know they made the comments about him being the best player in the draft and what not - so it is partly on them. But I can't imagine they based their decision on getting the next Nieuwy for sure.

It seems Weisbrod did.

"He's still got to cross the crocodile-infested waters to be a player," Weisbrod said. "But the physical attributes that this guy has, from the athleticism, skating, hands and the fact he'll likely be playing at 6-foot-4, 215 pounds. Like I've been saying to our scouts all week long, 'He's Joe Nieuwendyk.' I don't want to share anyone's business but he wouldn't have made it through today. There were at least two teams that would have taken him in the first round after us."

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/bu...052648549.html