[schteve_d]

Two things.

If I liked your post it doesn't necessarily mean that I agree with you but I can see that you put a lot of time and effort into your post and I appreciate that.

I know there's great stories of guys coming out of later rounds. Our own Gaudreau and maybe, hopefully, Wolf. Zetterberg, Pavel Bure, Lundqvist, Alfredsson. The list could go on and on. I don't know squat about the job of scouts but does a lot of work go into rounds, say 5-7? When I see a fifth or seventh round pick thrown into a trade my immediate thought is: "Who cares"?

I always think that when you find an example from above, say Zetterberg, the scouts did kind of a crummy job. Passed him up many times and just lucked out when they got to the late pick and he's still there, late bloomer thing notwithstanding.

Just seems to me like there is an awful lot more luck than due diligence in those later rounds.