MrMastodonFarm said:
Couldn't agree more. Talking about steals for the past 3 drafts is stupid. All it turns into is "Boy, these guys from my team sure look good, they are steals!"
See: Oiler fan who listed five steals from his team in two drafts.
You are right that noone has made an impact yet.
but
Maybe people are answering this question, Who would go higher(or substantially higher) in the draft if the draft were redone. I could definately see an argument that in the last two drafts for the Oilers, Brodziak, Umicevic, Bodie, Reddox, and Spurgeon would go higher (probably Brodziak would go substantially higher), while Paukovich, Young, Joukov, and Olsson would probably go lower.
I think it's all semantics though... Broziak may never play a game in the NHL... he will likely not amount to much more than a 3rd liner, but I think it's fair to say that it was a great 7th round choice because the likelyhood of him playing in the NHL is higher than many players chosen above him in the draft... do you consider this a steal? I guess it depends on your definition.