Yes, there were some surprising picks, but there are a lot of factors here, not the least of which being the cap. They avoided taking most of the big name, big ticket, low value guys, and instead kept the budget under control and opted with some of the picks for future upside.
What they did get was a really solid blueline, along with grit and tenacity, and some good middle 6 / bottom 6 forwards. They will be hard to play against.
And most importantly, they still have some $30M to play with. That can get them 4 to 6 really good players. And if they can add that to the base they built today, I think they might be in pretty solid shape.
They obviously were too greedy on the side deal issue, but calling them idiots is very premature.
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