Yeah, it’s similar to the Boltmann pick- if you want to take a chance on a longshot, that’s great, but do it in the later rounds. I’m pretty sure Boltmann would have been available later, and the same could be said about Hoskin. Now, of course we don’t know how a prospect will develop, but here’s a few names we missed out on in order to draft Hoskin:
-C Heikki Ruohonen
-D Luke Osburn
-LW Kevin He
-C Tomas Mrsic
-LW Blake Montgomery
-C Raoul Boilard
-D Aron Kiviharju
-C Riley Patterson
-RW Hagen Burrows
-C Simon Zether
-D Colton Roberts
-LW Clarke Caswell
-D Nate Misskey
-C Marcus Loponen
-LW Noah Powell
-RW Justin Poirier
-RW Anthony Romani
-LW Charlie Forslund
-C Petr Sikora
-C Kaden Pitre
-D Tory Pitner
-C Kieron Walton
-C Lucas Van Vliet
-D Jakub Fibigr
-C Christian Humphreys
Of course I’m not a pro scout, but I would’ve been excited to get any of the above players over Hoskin. I really hope I’m wrong and Hoskin makes it to the NHL.
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