Sakic? There have been 24 forwards selected under Sakic’s watch but only three are will with part of the Avalanche’s current core. The other 21 are a mix of peripheral players, prospects or ones no longer with the organization. And I question whether there was really a serious thought of drafting Jones instead. I suspect that was more media driven to create some sense of drama (i.e. Eichel versus McDavid). There's no way a rookie GM was going to go off book like that with the 1OA.
And you can't give him credit for Grubauer without noting he let him walk because he didn't want to pay him $5.9M (or perhaps a little less). He did trade for Girard, but that was Duchene who promptly turned it around and is PPG this year at 31.
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