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Originally Posted by Tbull8
I think if he comes back fully healthy I’d still put him around the hagens misa Schaefer value. So at best it’s a wash, at worst it’s brutal imo
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I get it and yeah, it's a potential oof with where Chicago is trending this year... but at that draft, it was possible that Chicago finished 10-15 this year, so to me it's more just about Lindstrom's long term and how he turns out. Columbus liked him a lot, as they didn't only pass on Chicago's deal, but every other available player at pick 3 -- and there were a lot of good ones they could have picked.
If the team was still being run by Kekäläinen, then I'd be thinking the same thing, but Waddell seems to know what he's doing, so I suspect they're a little less concerned at this point.
EDIT: Seriously, if I were a Columbus fan and they traded the third overall pick last year for Chicago's first the next year, I'd have been pissed. Your trading a guaranteed top 3 for potentially something much, much worse?