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Originally Posted by guuar
No he was not.
If you would watch and read what Boston's GM was saying about that 2015 NHL Draft you would understand.
Don Sweeney was saying at the 2016 NHL Draft that the previous year acquiring extra picks didn't exactly work out as they had hoped. Sweeney indicated they initially wanted to move up to the #3 to #6 spots.
It sounds like they were targeting either Hanifin or Provorov.
If you look at Boston's defensive depth prior to the 2015 and 2016 drafts it was absolutely horrible. Fans in Boston were absolutely livid that they traded away Hamilton when their prospect depth on defence was already exceptionally poor.
The deal they had fell through when it became apparent that Phoenix and Toronto were likely passing on Hanifin. It sort of makes sense when both Arizona and Toronto felt like they had their #1D already.
This is also why the picks that Boston made were highly confusing to both the TSN/Sportsnet reporters as well as the Boston Bruins fan base.
Both Debrusk and Senyshyn were drafted well ahead of where they should have been drafted. Sweeney said guys like Barzal and Connor were not even interviewed during the pre-draft testing.
When they all the sudden found themselves with THREE 1st round picks and THREE 2nd round picks they were able to pick up players that weren't on their radar. Heck, he even stated they had Senyshyn targeted with their #37 pick.
Initially their draft plan was taking the best defencemen left at #14 which likely would have been either Zboril or Chabot.
The #37 pick would ideally have been Jake Debrusk or Zach Senyshyn.
That is why they literally took players so far down the list in the first round. There is nothing wrong with that if you have those players you clearly want.
Don Sweeney not interviewing Matthew Barzal and not taking him at #13 #14 or #15 will end up being a big mistake though. He has shown incredible play making skills.
It also makes the desperation trade for Griffin Reinhart look 100x worse. Edmonton with Matthew Barzal would arguably have a set lineup for a decade. McDavid and Barzal as your #1 and #2 would have been perfect. I imagine they also get a way better defencemen for Nugent-Hopkins.
Either way they got incredible value for Hamilton. Senyshyn will be a pure goal scoring right winger. So in the long run Boston will be a clear winner for trading both Lucic and Hamilton at the draft. Nobody in Calgary has any idea how pissed off fans in Boston were.
They all wanted Don Sweeney's head. Initial thoughts were it was bad enough they gave away Lucic and Sweeney but then they drafted the wrong players and signed replacement players for way too much money.
All things considered Sweeney comes out of both trades and both 2015 and 2016 entry draft looking like a genius.
He drafted 4 solid defencemen and then Jake Debrusk, Zach Senyshyn and Trent Frederic are all looking like top 6 forwards.
In 2015 they took Jake Debrusk and Zach Senyshyn way ahead of their ranking. Did the same with Trent Frederic.
And again, their dummy pick ends up being a home run. The rookie season Trent Frederic had for Wisconsin was on Jack Eichel's level of play.
So yes to answer your question. Boston did ok with their picks from the trade.
What did Calgary get again from Jarome Iginla and Jay Bouwmeester? I forgot, what was it? Spare change and pocket lint?
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