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Originally Posted by Hackey
I have slightly more faith that Conroy won't spend picks as recklessly as Treliving but I also think he's in a position where it makes far less sense.
Do we have a Gaudreau, Monahan, Tkachuk, Bennett, Lindholm, etc. in the system yet?
I think we take for granted how extremely lucky we were to obtain some of those players and how difficult it is going to be to replicate something similar unless they bottom out for a few years. Tkachuk at 6 and Gaudreau in the 4th round are very rare.
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There will be some luck and surprises along the way, there always is. As for Tkachuk and Gaudreau being hard to replicate, Wolf was a 7th rounder, and Parekh was a 9OA. Obviously it is too early to call them stars, but they are trending in that direction, and could turn out to be even bigger hits than Gaudreau and Tkachuk.
As for Monahan, Lindholm and Bennett, it is not unreasonable to think that 2 or 3 of Honzek, Gridin, Reschny, Suniev, Potter, Basha or Battaglia can get to that level (or another surprise). And we'll have more picks next year.