So what? It doesn't mean it wasn't a real solid draft. By most measures (top end quality, depth, mid and late round gems) 2009 was a real solid draft. It certainly should be considered better than 2010, 2011, and 2012.
But you're missing the point. My point was that right after the pick there were many fans who were angry because they felt Tatar was a similar player who was the better pick and higher ranked. In hindsight, those fans were right. If the Canucks were to choose a Dman, I think Orlov was the highest ranked at the time. At the end of the day, Rodin has contributed essentially nothing to the Canucks organization. Now that might change, but that fact remains.
3rd round included Tyson Barrie, Reilly Smith, and Cody Eakin. Not bad at all.
4th round included Ekholm and Vatanen (these are higher end top 4 guys).
5th round included Hoffman. 7th round you have Haula.
I think you're missing the point. In terms of comparing to other drafts, that's one of the weakest. Yes there is Tavares, Hedman, Duchene at the top and some decent players in the middle but late rounds, i listed the numbers. Its really not many after the 2nd round (as in less than 1 per team who have played regularly in the NHL... aka 200 game bar).
Late first isn't meaningful to Rodin discussion because he's a late second round pick. Again 20 players drafted after Rodin who are NHLers. Also its not far to even consider all those because we did have a 3rd round pick so really the meaningful players are those that were drafted between Rodin and Kconn (since those after Connaton, you could argue we should've used that pick for).
That means the list of meaningful comparison really is: Orlov, Pirri, Tatar, Barrie, and McNabb. Anyone else either a) were gone before Rodin's pick or b) could've been picked 83rd overall.
During the pick, i was hoping for Tatar, in hindsight, the best pick probably would be Barrie. Rodin hasn't done anything but guess what? in that range (53-83), there are 9 players who have not played a single NHL game (Rodin played 3). There's 3 more that only played one and 1 who played 2. That means basically half the picks contribute just as little as Rodin (aka nothing). If you set the bar at 40 games, only 10 players drafted between 53-83 played more than 40 games. So basically half the picks contribute little/nothing (or less than Rodin could if he comes up and does something this season). Also note that 7 players draft ahead of Rodin has not played a single game (including Paradis who was a 1st round pick).
I'm not saying the pick was a good pick but its not like we're the only team that missed their pick. At least 20 other teams missed their 2nd-3rd round pick around that spot in the very same draft.
