Things that make you go hummm?
Rangers trade Brassard for Zibanejad & then pick Puempel off of waivers. Both guys were drafted in 2011 by the Sens 6th & 26th overall in the first rd. The other guy the Sens drafted that yr in the first rd 21st overall was Stephan Noesen who was traded for Bobby Ryan in a multi-player deal a few yrs ago. All three players that the Sens drafted that yr in the first rd have been traded or in Puempel's case waived. That must say something about Ottawa's scouting staff considering how high they were on these three players that none of them are still with the team just 5 yrs after they were drafted. Prince was also drafted by the Sens that yr in the second rd so the top 4 picks that yr are all gone. That's a head shaker.
On another note in that same yr, Pageau who was drafted in the 4th rd is still here, Claesson who was drafted in the 5th rd & McCormick drafted in the 6th rd are both knocking on the door & Dzingel who was drafted in the 7th rd has made the team this yr. I guess we should be excited for the late rd picks by this team & not so much by the early rd picks. So I'm much more excited about Burgess, Lajoie & especially 7th rd pick Nurmi from the 2016 draft than I am about Brown (1st rd) or Dahlen (2nd rd).