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Originally Posted by T@T
I was told Chiarelli wanted to take Gaudreau with their 3rd rounder but Neely and Fitzgerald wanted this Camara kid because he played with grit and determination. Fitzgerald supposedly said at the table "We might even be able to get him(Gaudreau) with our 5th pick,no need to use our 3rd, I like Camara if he's still there" Neely nodded and that was it.
But Chiarelli was nervous and thought Jersey or Nashville might take him and offered his 4th and 6th to move up but couldn't find a partner.
Flames really hid the fact they knew much about him or even knew of him at all. The rest as they say is h.......
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I recall Feaster saying after that a few teams came up to him after the draft and told him that was a good pick as they were interested in Johnny. Makes me wonder why teams like go gamble with their later round picks so much. This isn't the NFL where 3rd and 4th round players are typically projected to be backups or starters immediately. In the NHL after the 1st round the odds of players becoming NHL players drops sharply to below 50% in the 2nd round and below 30% in the 3rd round, etc. If a guy after the first round stands out to your scouts I simply don't see any reason not to take him even if the pundits consider it a reach because is less than 30% of that round are going to make the NHL you can argue pretty well the majority of players picked are reaches regardless of the consensus player rankings. Chiarelli was right they should have picked Johnny in the 3rd round but the Bruins has the common mentality of teams where they play the gambling game where they assume teams will be picking mostly off consensus draft orders.