Any insights from those who attended the draft event?
Like a lot of drafts in the league, there were kids some of who we picked that look to be interesting prospects.
As fans we can look at stat sheets and get very enthusiastic about this about the coming prospects into the fold, and there's nothing wrong with that whatsoever. But let's keep this on the realistic side for the moment, and management makes a good point on this every year at the draft. Stats on a page really only tells half of what these kids can do and what type of player and person they can be at this level.
There's no doubt that the kids we got in the first 2-3 selections are talent young men who should be able to continue forward into this level next season in some fashion. Whether it be a regular shift in this teams depth chart on a consistent basis or eased in slowly weekly and monthly through the season. The truth is until you actually see these kids in training camp and watch what they can do on the ice especially in a game situation like the pre-season you really don't know what you truly have there.
The top picks like every team right now look very interesting from a statistical perspective on where they play this past season, but until you watch them in training camp and exibition games where they're playing at the speed of this league against veterans who have been here for 2-3 or even 4 years you really don't know what you have in the draft.
The top 3-4 picks all look to have different styles to their games in how they play and will see how they are come August training camp when they step on the ice.