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Originally Posted by mikephoen
I almost didn't include Schneider, but I thought he still fit. The pick became Horvat, who looks like a core piece now, but at the time it was still just a 9th overall. Ninth overall picks obviously have a decent chance of turning out, but historically are no better than 50/50 to be full time NHLers, let alone core pieces.
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That year was so deep and strong that you could argue 9th-11th overall picks were equivalent to a 4th or 5th overall pick in weaker years. Horvat, Nichushkin, Domi, Morrissey are pretty good pieces that I would take over a lot of top 10 picks from average to weak years.