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Originally Posted by Jacks
I see all the time where people say that Sutter improved our drafting but the fact is that his drafting sucked really bad. Maybe he left things improved in the end but he crapped the bed while he was actually picking players.
Darryl Sutter April 11, 2003 – December 28, 2010
Notable draft picks (200 games played)
2003 Dion Phaneuf
2004 Brandon Prust Dustin Boyd Adam Pardy
2005 None
2006 None
(100 games played)
2007 Mikael Backlund Keith Aulie
2008 Lance Bouma TJ Brodie
(50 games played)
2009 Tim Erixon
(Too soon to tell)
2010 Bill Arnold Micheal Ferland
That is downright horrific for 8 drafts.
Recently he has been great but you can't ignore his first moves when taking over. While it hasn't hurt the team (yet) Raymond, Setoguchi, Bollig and arguably Engelland have been bad deals. He also inherited a great prospect base, almost no bad contracts (SOB but his cap hit would have helped reach the floor) and some great vets on great deals.
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I don't know how it compares to other teams during the same time period but considering that it's good if one or two prospects make the team each year, it's not bad. You should also throw in Giordano and Ryan Wilson although they weren't drafted, they were signed by Sutter out of junior.
Also as has been mentioned he traded 2nd round picks for players who were very useful while the normal 2nd round pick is lucky to make the NHL.
To me he was always playing a catch up game in that he didn't have the player resources to build a solid foundation, so he needed to trade to make up the deficiencies while needing to make the playoffs.
Treliving has come into a much better situation as the expectations from ownership and fans was very low while he has a fine minor league system and scouting organization which I give credit to Sutter for establishing. I'm not saying Treliving is only lucky, he's made some good moves as well.