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Originally Posted by tvp2003
The 2014 draft was a real disappointment. Four picks out of the first 65, and we got Bennett and three guys who didn’t even come close to playing a single NHL game (Mason McDonald, Hunter Smith, Brandon Hickey). Woof.
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Not trying to throw rocks but IMO:
2014 draft Treliving hired 1 month before so Treliving did NOT "draft" those guys. That draft was the work of then interim GM Brian Burke.
Burke was not going to draft anyone under 6'0" (I even recall a quote where he said as much but I could be mistaken about reading/seeing it).
It's silly to retrospectively pick out who could've been drafted but Treliving who drafted Mangiapane, Dube, Phillips, Andersson, Kylington may have liked Brayden Point and Montour. Not to mention Demko over MacDonald.
Yes, yes it is silly to look back and say coulda, woulda but 2014 was all truculence and getting Burke types into system.
BPA may have won out or BPA is so subjective a team that drafts centres as top picks in 13,14 won't take a 5'10 centre again and says BPA is another position. I guess who cares after the fact.
I would like to know exactly what teams do when they miss a player : how do they analyze what they missed and what do they learn.