he took mcdonnell (sp?) with him to dallas, who was our head scout and had the most say in our amateur scouting for few years before nill and him left. nill left pre 2013 and mcdonnell after 2013 draft.
our NA scouting was mostly porous in the late 00s and early 10s, with few gems.
Where we suffered was with our first rounders, who were generally later first rounder.
Our North American picks outside round 1 weren't too bad.
I'm going to rate them baseball style
Single - decent career for where they are drafted.
Double - Good career for where they are drafted
Triple - Great career for where they are drafted
Homerun - Outstanding career
K - Whiff
Ground out -
Here are our North Americans from 05 to 12.
Kindl - 19th - single. Never lived up to expectations, but still played 331 games. It hurts that so many guys like Rask, Oshie and Niskanen had good careers. But really, if you look from 13 to 32, Kindl was nowhere near the worst pick.
Abdekader - Double - Has had a solid NHL career for mid-second rounder.
Helm - Triple -outstanding career for a fifth rounder.
May - K
Stamler - K
Emmerton - Ground out - Played some games. But not very many
Matthias - Double - Stand up doube at 47th overall.
Oslund - K
Pyett - Thrown out at first - Got signed and played four years in GR but couldn't crack the NHL.
Smith - Single - Yeah, he was a disappointment. Yeah, Subban was sitting there at 43. But if you look from 15 to 42, Smith is sixth in games played.
Cameron - K
Torquato - K
Rufenach - K
Ferraro - K - One of the worst picks. Especially given O'Rielly taken right behind him.
Fournier - K
Jensen - Double - yeah, he's shitty. but he's a fifth round pick taking a regular shift in the NHL.
Callahan - Single - Sixth rounder who played a handful of games and helped the AHL team win twice.
Sheahan - Single - Will always be pissed we didn't take Kuznetsov, despite the excuses people make. He could turn this into a double, i think.
LM Aubrey - Ground out - Solid AHL career.
Mrazek - Double - 5th rounder who has played 173 games. Could easily be more, too.
Macek - K
Marshall - K
Jurco - Ground out - Could still turn this into something, but it's bleak right now.
Ouellet - Single - Even if he does nothing else, he's been a good find at 48
Sproul - Ground out -
Quine - Single - Red Wings never signed him, but he's been pretty good for a late third.
Hudon - K
Nedomlel - Ground out - Sixth rounder got a contract and played pro.
Frk - Single - Looks like at least a single for middle second rounder.
Paterson - K -
Athanasiou - Triple - Looks like a great find in the fourth round
McKee - F
DeHaas - F