Were they the best players on their terrible teams? That's usually the value play in Hockey, trade for the best or better players on terrible teams.
Abruzzese wasn't, he was old for the level he was playing at when he was drafted and his numbers were pretty gaudy at the time
He's an old NCAA freshman now, his numbers are outstanding at that level though which is promising
Amateur scouting is based on so much random guesswork it always struck me as the area of hockey that stats analysis might prove to have his biggest impact.
So far ive liked the later round picks the last couple cycles more than average. Just have to keep my fingers crossed and hope they pan out
If your going to pick guys off bad teams look for the ones with, and around the puck all the time
That's why Tampa picked Point apparently
Play driving would be a good predictor of future success I'd imagine so I'd be looking for that and using analytical tools that showed that trait
I like our current theory better than the Hunter model, picking huge fridges with no redeeming skill set through the mid to late rounds ******* sucked