Coyotes Retro Draft Review - 2011
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Blubba Jenkins
Not that Insightful
I'll give them a C. Considering that 2011 was fairly weak and it was late in the first-round, getting Connor Murphy was very nice. Especially because defense wasn't a need at the time and lot of the picks after him were real duds. Objectively I guess it should be noted that Boone Jenner and Brandon Saad were also projected in the first round, but we could have done worse.
As for the rest of the draft they whiffed. And hey, getting anything past the first round in a bad draft is a blessing, but major points were taken away for the Ruutu pick. The seventh round is when you piss away picks for sentiment.
As for the rest of the draft they whiffed. And hey, getting anything past the first round in a bad draft is a blessing, but major points were taken away for the Ruutu pick. The seventh round is when you piss away picks for sentiment.
PhoPhan
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I give it a D. The results alone make it a C+ at best, but the logic behind the picks make it even worse. Murphy turned out just fine, but that Ruuttu pick is really embarrassing. Ruopp, Kessy and Dziurzynski were all drafted with 3rd pairing/4th line upside, which is always a waste of a pick. Those sorts of players are available for free at any time. It's not worth investing time to develop them. Aim a little higher. You'll probably end up growing more of your own players in those roles anyway, and there's at least a chance one of them turns into something more serviceable.
I gave it a C because I loved Murphy pick. Truthfully that rating is high. Should have been lower.
Everything else was a disaster. Is this the draft before we fired Keith Gretzky?
We salvaged Kessey pick by trading for Reider (who we passed on that round to select Kessey)
I'm starting to lose my fear on dealing mid to late round picks. Essentially worthless.
Everything else was a disaster. Is this the draft before we fired Keith Gretzky?
We salvaged Kessey pick by trading for Reider (who we passed on that round to select Kessey)
I'm starting to lose my fear on dealing mid to late round picks. Essentially worthless.
Matias Maccete
Chopping up defenses
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I'm a huge Murphy fan but one NHL player isn't cutting it. Besides lessio did anyone else even play an NHL game?
This was his last draft according to Wikipedia. Then Knickle directed 2012 and 2013. Bernhardt is 2014 on.
Gretzky first rounders (2006-11): Mueller, Summers, Turris, Ross, Boedker, Tikhonov, OEL, Gormley, Visentin, Murphy
Knickle first rounders (2012-13): Samuelsson, Domi
Bernhardt first rounders (2014-): Perlini, Strome, Merkley, Keller, Chychrun
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Gretzky - other noteworthy picks: Darling (153rd/2007), Stone (69th/2008), Lindberg (57th/2010), Domingue (138th/2010)
Knickle - other noteworthy picks: Martinook (58th/2012), Langhamer (184th/2012), Dauphin (39th/2013)
A little too early to do a similar exercise for Bernhardt but lots of great names... MacInnis, Dvorak, Bunting, Mayo, Fischer, Capobianco, Hill, Warren, Garland, Dineen...
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rt
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Don Maloney happened. IIRC the team's Euro scouting was slim to none, and the one Scandanavian scout we had was Ruuttu's dad. From what I recall, the elder Ruuttu did not want the team to take his kid at that pick but Maloney decided otherwise.
I don't know if it was because his scouting budget was so poor, but when GMDM didn't have a clear idea who to take at a particular pick, he seemed like he just went with the bloodlines.
RABBIT
Years of my life w you f*cks only to get relocated
rt
The Kinder, Gentler Version
Sure; we could also sign Larraza for Tucson duty. He didn't do too bad last season 8 points in 24 games in the A (30 points in 39 games in the E). Of course I'd prefer Tucson to sign him rather than us (so he could bounce between the A and the E), but at least he'd have the opportunity to play in AZ.
I'd grade it a C-. I still think Lessio could turn into a solid 4th/3rd liner, but that window is closing.
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Murphy has turned out to be quite a player. But he was an extremely risky pick with his injury history. I'm not so sure Saad would have had the same production on the Coyotes had we drafted him but Jenner would have been a real nice fit at the time, and Tipp would have loved him.
The rest of this list is miserable...wow.
Murphy has turned out to be quite a player. But he was an extremely risky pick with his injury history. I'm not so sure Saad would have had the same production on the Coyotes had we drafted him but Jenner would have been a real nice fit at the time, and Tipp would have loved him.
The rest of this list is miserable...wow.
ck26
Alcoholab User
Ruutuu was before my time, can someone explain that to me? Nepotism?
You know we traded him to MTL like 6 months ago, right?
His agent will probably demand the team pay in US dollars, not legumes, but I'd be fine with that. Score a couple AHL goals, punch a couple AHL faces, keep Michael Bunting and Conor Garland safe.
Tom Polakis
Next expansion
Looks like the answer is no. It would be interesting to see this sort of result across the league. It is only five years ago, so other teams might not look much better.
