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Originally Posted by Ped
That's all true, but obviously there are other factors. That's why Draisatl went 4th, and looked like he could be heading to bust territory early.
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I don't think he was ever looked at as heading into bust territory. He went 3rd because Buffalo (dumb team) messed up and thought too little of Draisaitl's skating, and Florida got their #1 top end defenceman (Ekblad) because they already had Barkov in the previous years draft.
Drafted in 14, and in 37 games in 14/15, Draisaitl put up 9 points.
In 15/16, put up 51 in 72
In 16/17, put up 77 in 82.
Draisaitl was never in bust territory.
Buffalo screwed up, because that's what stupid teams do...they also made it even worse when they dealt Reinhart who they took at #2 for pennies.