Oh, I am in support of the team picking who they want where they want. Just saying the general rhetoric that a player is a complete unknown because we shit on picks (be it accurately or not), is fallible.
I wouldn't even endorse trading down for an extra 3rd round pick if for example Ottawa was worried Boucher would be picked top 15 and all they could get was 18th. Or waiting for their 2nd round pick instead of trading up by packaging their 3rs for Kleven
Yeah and they have at least earned the benefit of the doubt.
Pinto was 45th on Bob's list and they picked him up 32nd despite Kaliyev (who was ranked #21), Lavoie (ranked #19), Robertson (#25), Brink (#26), etc still on board... It takes balls and it looks like they know what they're doing despite not making the expected/popular picks.
But they also have less margin for error for that reason.
One thing a lot of people have a hard time understanding
All that being said, this draft they really pushed farther than they ever did...
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