The Kings also drafted two guys name Dany Roussin and T.J. Fast before Quick, so I'm sure they didn't think he'd be what he is now either, or they wouldn't have waited until the 72nd pick in the draft to take him.
No one did. All scouting had frazee pegged as the better prospect.
And it's why this stuff is extremely hard and goes beyond just saying "conte sucks".
If you have examples of reaches. Times when we drafted way off the board and against the what other scouts suggested and it busted. That is where you could find exception.
Combing over a lot of our drafts though I don't see that being the case a lot of times. Especially in regards to Tedy and JJ.
Also there is a trend that a lot of late 1st rounders seem to bust out. It's not just us.
Teams get by with the few guys that work out...working out and making thrifty trades with their junk. Maybe a good FA or two as well.
Which is why sole blame for our current situation can't in truth be laid just at scouting and draftings feet.
Blame Marty for carrying teams that were medicore much further then they should of leaving us with later round picks more likely to bust. Hell if we just sucked the year Marty got hurt things could look a lot different.
Blame Zaxh and kovy leaving.
It's a perfect storm of factors that created the current situation. A highly successful team got older and wasn't able to properly restock on late round picks (or get lucky with some) while also suffering high level vacancies at a critical juncture. There is blame to placed of course and there are things outside of people's control.
Only thing that really matters is how to fix it. It seems to be slowly being addressed with what was a medicore and aging defense being replaced by a high ceiling young blueline. A new goalie. Now we have to address getting fresh forward blood in here.
