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Originally Posted by Monahammer
Lol everyone and their dog knew Demko would be the better pick. I remember the draft well, and nearly everyone on this board was confused with the pick of a relatively unknown goalie prospect on a very poor QMJHL team over the goalie who was leading the USNTDP at the time, and had a very good showing at the Hlinka.
No need to go back and revise; the pick was nonsense when it was made and just looks worse with time.
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Demko was definitely the more known of the two, but they were neck and neck going into the draft with McDonald seen as more raw. I wanted Demko because he was less of a risk, but people also can't forget heading into the draft he's also just had surgery on his hips, the same surgery that Gillies had that derailed him.