Dishface
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I haven't watched him, but every report I have seen has said that Chychrun has been great in Phoenix and will likely stick on the roster. Could see this being a big miss for the Canes in picking Bean over him.
It's quite telling how much we've missed in the first round, but can draft tremendously from the 2nd round on. With eliminating the obvious pick of Hanifin and the surprise pick of Skinner that worked out well, here's our 1st round picks from 2008.
2008: Boychuck
2009: Paradis
2011: Murphy
2013: Lindholm
2014: Fleury
08, 09, and 11 were flops. We definitely reached on Lindholm, but we will know by how much may be next year or so. Then there's Fleury, wasn't a bad pick, this was when we needed Dmen, but how much better would this team be with Nylander.
Not a great track record with drafting the so called best chances to make the NHL picks. As for 2016, I felt like if we were going to draft a Dmen in the first Chychrun was going to be the guy. That picked just seemed like a canes pick. Can't remember why he fell though. Hopefully our track record will change with Bean and Gauthier, but thank god this organization can draft well in the later rounds.