I don't agree...people only say that because guys like Getzlaf and Parise were drafted latter in the draft. There's also a crop of player who are already good, but not great, some of them will turn out to be not much, but Kostitsyn is playing quite well right now and he's finaly becoming a NHL player, which make the pick a good one.
neelysnuts has an irrational hate of all things Canadiens, but does sort of have a point there. "So far" he is one of the weaker picks, but that's doesn't necessarily mean he won't become a solid NHLer. "So far" things are looking good for him becoming a top 6 producer next season but he's only played 14 NHL games this year.
Edit: I just looked at his next post, and he got completely owned. But my point stands, that it's uphill battle for Kostitsyn to be seen as good pick.
In the top 9, all have proven more than Kost and after that you have guys like Carter, Perry, Richards, Kesler, Eaves, Getzlaf etc...But there are also players who haven't proven as much at the NHL level from the 2003 first round, Belle, Jessiman, Stewart, Boyle etc...
I think Kostitsyn has more offensive potential than some guys picked after him but a lot of them have already made a splash in the NHL so he's going to have to turn into a pretty good player to justify the no.10 pick, when people look at whose been picked after him.
Again, I'm not disappointed with the way he's turning out, far from it. But I think you'll have guys pointing to Getzlaf, Bernier etc...until Kostitsyn establishes himself as a top 6 NHLer. And even then, if he's not the 10th best player from the draft, people will find a reason to criticize him.