Even 4-5 years from now and let's say Bennett becomes a full bust, doesn't mean you still don't take him using hindsight. When you draft, you have only have 3 clues about a player:
1) Performance history (ie, junior points and play)
2) Attitude based on a trained interviewee
3) Physical condition
From there you have to project how this player pans out. Now I don't how many of you ever hired a person, but I can tell you first hand it's hard and a crapshoot. I've hired guys I absolutely love and feel great about based on their attitude and qualifications, and they turn out to be a WCB fraud or lazy or always late or otherwise a bad hire. I've hired guys I'm not super excited about because they're not most qualified or give the best interview, but my pickings are slim and I need someone right away, and they prove my gut wrong and become a fantastic piece. That's just the way it goes.
If you believe in your draft system you have to follow through. Yes, Bennett hasn't been the most outstanding from his class and people don't need to get butthurt about it, but if you don't draft him, there would have been a lot of angry people on draft day. He started the year as CSS #1 guy and played very well to solidify himself as at least #3 OA, but fell because Oilers wanted size. So yeah, you take him at #4 and you don't take a Pastrnak or Nylander because that means you don't believe in your draft system.
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