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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Vancouver may have wanted a Dman but their scouting staff screwed it up bad, there were 4 other defenseman that were consensually ranked higher than Juolevi.
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Lying to yourself is fun!
https://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juni...aft-prospects/
https://www.tsn.ca/matthews-goes-wir...spect-1.511597
https://www.espn.com/nhl/insider/sto...2016-nhl-draft (Pronman is an idiot though, so this hurts my argument)
http://www.mynhldraft.com/2016-draft...nsus-rankings/
Olli Juolevi was usually considered to be the top defence man available in the draft. There are one or two that had Chychrun ahead of him, but that's usually it. I can't find a single one that has four ahead of Juolevi.
Juolevi is a case of illness and injury combining to never let a player develop. It's a situation you see on a regular basis. Hindsight is 20/20 but don't act like at the time this was a wild pick.