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Originally Posted by ricosuave
Granted, our amateur scouting has found some gems throughout the years, but boy, some of the picks previous to Tree coming aboard are downright insane. Does that all rest on the GM or the advisor (Burke) or does the amateur scouting guys really think that some of the guys listed here https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/...r00005090.html were really the best picks? Or maybe, in addition to cheaping out on coaches, the team cheaps out on the scouting staff as well - or at the very least maybe trusts them far more than they should, while their 'record' of development should be taking into account as well. |
Insane take...Tre's drafting has been supreme. The problem has been quantity, not quality.
Hits (*presumably):
53. Andersson
6. Tkachuk
56. Dubé
66. Fox
16. Valimaki*
TBD
4. Bennett (undisputed pick and you have to drop to the guy picked 8th for an upgrade)
60. Kylington
54. Parsons
26. Pelletier
Misses
34. Mason McDonald
54. Hunter Smith
64. Brandon Hickey
All 3 misses are from 2014 (maybe more Burke than Tre).
This is a remarkable hit rate. Beyond the top ~60 it's a crapshoot, especially beyond #100. Mangiapane at 166 and some others that sound promising (Wolf, Ruzicka, Zavgo, etc.)