I think it speaks volumes that the 2 other teams that were in hard on him who are also contenders. Ones you would think are closer to winning based on national media coverage, and he still chose Dallas.
As much as we **** on him for his drafting, Nill is probably one of the most respected and well liked guys in the league. That's really paid off for us often in these situations
If it keeps trending toward the last 3, Nill can stay. Still would like McDonnell gone, sucks Oqvist couldn't take the head job.
I don’t know, a lot of the success lately has been from Ontario and that almost all would be McDonnell’s wheelhouse.
Drafts are decided in two years or lessWell I wouldn't say he's had success in Ontario. We're still waiting.
He deserves every ounce of criticism for the drafting he gets, BUT, the last 3 years have been much better (IMO), the 2014 and 2016 draft look awful (15 picks, looking like 0 NHLers), but other than that...
2013: Val was the obvious pick at the time, Dickinson looks good.
2015: Hintz looks great, Gurianov is a maybe but at least showed promise in the AHL last season
2017: Miro, duh, Oettinger has potential, and Robertson was incredible this year
2018: Little early, but Dellandrea is being talked about as a potential 19 year old rookie next year (and for good reason) then you have Eriksson/Damiani/Back/Mascherin
2019: Everyone seems happy with Harley.
If it keeps trending toward the last 3, Nill can stay. Still would like McDonnell gone, sucks Oqvist couldn't take the head job.
But the total results remain awful. Over his seven drafts, you've identified three players playing in the NHL. There are some maybes and some hopefuls.He deserves every ounce of criticism for the drafting he gets, BUT, the last 3 years have been much better (IMO), the 2014 and 2016 draft look awful (15 picks, looking like 0 NHLers), but other than that...
2013: Val was the obvious pick at the time, Dickinson looks good.
2015: Hintz looks great, Gurianov is a maybe but at least showed promise in the AHL last season
2017: Miro, duh, Oettinger has potential, and Robertson was incredible this year
2018: Little early, but Dellandrea is being talked about as a potential 19 year old rookie next year (and for good reason) then you have Eriksson/Damiani/Back/Mascherin
2019: Everyone seems happy with Harley.
If it keeps trending toward the last 3, Nill can stay. Still would like McDonnell gone, sucks Oqvist couldn't take the head job.
But the total results remain awful. Over his seven drafts, you've identified three players playing in the NHL. There are some maybes and some hopefuls.
Nice to see Corey Perry mention Roope Hintz's emergence as a reason to come here. Joe Pavelski did too apparently
Where did Perry say that? The phone conference?
I thought he was talking about Hints for Heloise.I do remember Perry saying Hintz name when during his callin on the TSN Free Agent Frenzy show.
I do remember Perry saying Hintz name when during his callin on the TSN Free Agent Frenzy show.