I think Francis is getting a bit of unfair criticism for how he handled this draft.
Even at the time, some of the trades that teams were making with Vegas were stupid. Columbus, Florida and Pittsburgh alone handed Vegas half their top 6, starting goalie, plus draft picks.
If Francis was leaving a 2nd round pick on the table to draft Bayreuther, then yes, he should be rightly criticized. But I don't think these Vegas style deals were available.
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