Thinking about Don’s recent post about the draft being a crapshoot and thought it’d be interesting to see what was said by the team about some of their picks at the time.
See if you recognize the players
PLAYER 1
“He’s an up and down winger. He played in X and we like what he brings," said X. "He’s well liked by his teammates, he seems to have a lot of character by what we hear and we’ve seen it on the ice and we’re excited to have him. X’s a straight-line guy, strong,"
PLAYER 2
“ ...compare him a lot to
David Krejci," the GM said post-draft. "I think he's more of a winger than Krech, who is kind of a center that slows the game down, picks it up, chance of pace. This guy's a little better on the boards, he's a more natural winger but like David, he protects the puck, he sees the ice well, he's got a level of grit, and it's kind of that level of grit with a good combination of skill that really attracted him to us."
"I think he has a chance [to be a first-line player]. I think he’s definitely a second-line player. I don’t know if it’s first line but he’s got sense, he’s got skill and those two things give him a chance."
what’s your guess (no cheating)...