deadhead
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I mean. Devils also drafted before us and they had the #1 pick. They didn’t get those players either.
hindsight is always 20/20. Imagine the Canadians drafting Claude Giroux instead of David Fischer lol. Every team can do this till the end of time.
Got to look at the whole drafting picture, if you re-do 2015, where does Myers get drafted? Same with Hart.
Every team makes mistakes in the 1st round, the ones that overcome them compensate by great moves elsewhere in the draft, like TB finding Point in the 2nd rd and Palat in the 7th, or us finding Lindblom in the 5th.
Now 1st rd picks have a much higher probability of hitting, so missing them consistently is the kiss of death.
But WHY you miss is more important than whether you miss, if it's bad luck (Patrick) you can live with it, if it's bad player evaluation you got issues.