I get the jokes about McDonnell always saying a guy was taken higher on their list than others. As I've mentioned before, he's seemed to learn from those past mistakes, and it's been a few years since he's done that. He resisted the urge again with Bichsel. In fact, he like Nill admitted they had 2 forwards rated higher that went off the board just before they picked.
I completely understand that some people don't believe Bichsel was the BPA, and I'd even probably be in that group a bit if I was forced to make a decision, but I don't think the difference between him and the forwards is significant really at all.
Sort of funny probably unintentional shade was thrown at Lane Hutson. McDonnell said I'd rather a defenseman be 6'5" than 5'8".
He did mention that they have several guys with 1st round grades still available at the top of the 2nd round.