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Originally Posted by Textcritic
So, speaking of that 2014 Draft, it is really funny how hindsight can affect our perceptions of the way things actually happen. First, the reaction to the Mason McDonald pick were mixed, but at the time Thatcher Demko was not without a lot of risk:
As for the players most fans were pining for in Rounds #2 and #3...
A couple posters were eying Point by the time the third round started:
And when he was finally selected at #79, this was the only response...
But he was not even on this Board's radar in round #2, and when he was picked barely anyone noticed. Not a single poster commented when Christian Dvorak was selected.
There sure was a lot of consternation about having missed out on the likes of Roland McKeown, Justin Kirkland and Jack Glover, though.
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Yeah it's easy to look back with hindsight...and I feel like how people view team building and especially advanced stats has changed over time. Plus we all ready a couple propsect reports and think we are experts all of a sudden, I know I do it.
Looking back at 2014 and after day 1 I had wanted the Flames to take McKeown and Smith in round too, and didn't hate the pick of MacDonald as it happened.
It's funny though because I look back at my mindset then and I think I had fully bought in to the Burke mindset of playing heavy and needing to be bigger.
My knowledge and understanding of advanced stats and prospect likelihood is much different than it was in 2014.
I look back at that now and think "How did I think that prioritizing size in guys like Smith, Hickey, and Bollig was a good idea"
Barf.