The other way to look at Lazar is a deeper look at the pick traded for him.
That was #47 who was Alex Formenton. Seemed like was shaping up to have a career not too different from Lazar, with perhaps a little more upside.
If you look at the other picks that follows:
- Alex Vokov: 46 games
- Mario Ferraro: 303 games.
- Maxime Comtois: 210 games
Actually a pretty good run of players there. You then hae a dry spell the rest of the 2nd round.
Point is - hard to get a good player there.
I like hanging on to 2nds because you can find some impact guys there, but once you are in the mid 40s that becomes really hard.
Not saying the Lazar deal was terrific.
But it gets over-stated as a bad deal.
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