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Saw @rt and @mouser talking about this in another thread and i thought it would be a cool idea to discuss our draft choices that either weren't your first choice, who you were wrong about, who you were happy with then and happy with now, and/or who you were happy with then and pissed about now. I'm just going to do 1st rounders, feel free if you want to talk about round 2-7.
I'll start.
2013:
I loved the Domi pick then, i love it now
Who i wanted: Domi
Domi is one of the underrated players of that draft. He may be snake bitten right now, but you can make an argument that our entire team is snake bitten. He will forever be one of my favorite Coyotes.
2014:
I was so wrong about Perlini
Who i wanted: Ehlers or Fabbri.
I saw Perls as this lanky forward who didn't stick handle that strictly played a North/South game. I figured he looked decent in junior, but because he can skate around weaker competition. Perlini is now one of my favorite players. Faster than i ever thought he'd be (i'd even argue he's one of the fastest in the league) and his shot it LETHAL. Rare to see someone of his big stature able to fly like he does. I get so excited watching him play.
2015:
This draft still breaks my heart. Once I found out we were picking 3rd, i really didn't have the energy to pick between Strome and Marner, but my gut told me Marner.
Who I wanted: Marner
This one is so hard to judge, but i still think we made the right choice considering the circumstances. We already had a Marner in Domi, we didn't have a potential no. 1 center. Hindsight, now that we have Keller, if Strome works out, this will have been the best case scenario. Marner, Domi, and Keller are all very similar players, we need Strome to work out to be the anchor in between them all. Strome has played less than 10 NHL games, I'm not ready to give up now.
2016:
This was the draft we needed. I was wrong about both Keller and Chychrun. I didn't think either were going to be bad players, i knew bot would be good, but i didn't think either of them were players i wanted to pick.
Who I wanted: Tkachuk, Juolevi (7oa) Chychrun was a great pick at 16, i didnt think he was a great pick at 7.
I probably would not have chosen Chychrun or Keller at 7, I definitely would've chosen either if available at 16. This one is hard for me, Because i wasn't as sold on Logan Brown as much as some of you guys were, so considering the circumstances, i may actually have chosen Keller at 7 since both guys i wanted were gone.
Hindsight...wow. What a draft this was for us. Makes losing out on Matthews, McDavid and Eichel sting a little less.
2017:
This draft is kind of hard for me to assess as well. I wanted Makar, Mittelstadt or Glass at 7. After we made our big acquisitions, i kind of lost focus at 23 OA.
Who i wanted: Probably Tolvanaen
I knew almost, and still barely know POJ. I still don't know the quality of this pick, he seems like he's very raw, could be great, could be meh.
I'll start.
2013:
I loved the Domi pick then, i love it now
Who i wanted: Domi
Domi is one of the underrated players of that draft. He may be snake bitten right now, but you can make an argument that our entire team is snake bitten. He will forever be one of my favorite Coyotes.
2014:
I was so wrong about Perlini
Who i wanted: Ehlers or Fabbri.
I saw Perls as this lanky forward who didn't stick handle that strictly played a North/South game. I figured he looked decent in junior, but because he can skate around weaker competition. Perlini is now one of my favorite players. Faster than i ever thought he'd be (i'd even argue he's one of the fastest in the league) and his shot it LETHAL. Rare to see someone of his big stature able to fly like he does. I get so excited watching him play.
2015:
This draft still breaks my heart. Once I found out we were picking 3rd, i really didn't have the energy to pick between Strome and Marner, but my gut told me Marner.
Who I wanted: Marner
This one is so hard to judge, but i still think we made the right choice considering the circumstances. We already had a Marner in Domi, we didn't have a potential no. 1 center. Hindsight, now that we have Keller, if Strome works out, this will have been the best case scenario. Marner, Domi, and Keller are all very similar players, we need Strome to work out to be the anchor in between them all. Strome has played less than 10 NHL games, I'm not ready to give up now.
2016:
This was the draft we needed. I was wrong about both Keller and Chychrun. I didn't think either were going to be bad players, i knew bot would be good, but i didn't think either of them were players i wanted to pick.
Who I wanted: Tkachuk, Juolevi (7oa) Chychrun was a great pick at 16, i didnt think he was a great pick at 7.
I probably would not have chosen Chychrun or Keller at 7, I definitely would've chosen either if available at 16. This one is hard for me, Because i wasn't as sold on Logan Brown as much as some of you guys were, so considering the circumstances, i may actually have chosen Keller at 7 since both guys i wanted were gone.
Hindsight...wow. What a draft this was for us. Makes losing out on Matthews, McDavid and Eichel sting a little less.
2017:
This draft is kind of hard for me to assess as well. I wanted Makar, Mittelstadt or Glass at 7. After we made our big acquisitions, i kind of lost focus at 23 OA.
Who i wanted: Probably Tolvanaen
I knew almost, and still barely know POJ. I still don't know the quality of this pick, he seems like he's very raw, could be great, could be meh.