2012-present is looking good? How? No impact players besides his top 10 picks.
Nailing top 10 picks is the most important thing a scout can do. (Galchenyuk, Sergachev, KK). Too early for me to compare Galchenyuk to Rielly, Sergachev to Macavoy, KK to Tkachuk, Hughes, et al. When you look at MacVoy and Rielly you get jealous. When I look at Yakupov, Ryan Murray, Grigorenko (who many here wanted), Puljujarvi, Wahlstrom Benoit Pouliot, Gilbert Brule, I am thankful.
Then you have Juulsen, Poehling and Scherbak as late 1st rounders. I'll wait to judge Scherbak, even though most won't. Poehling and Brook, it's too early but they're looking good. Juulsen looking like an impact player.
Secondary players: it looks like Lehkonen and Mete, and perhaps Hudon. Too early. I get that you don't think Mete will amount to anything. But as a 20 year old, even to crack an NHL roster is something most of his draft class haven't been able to achieve. I don't care about his offense. If he can get strong enough to handle opponents physically in front of the net and corners, he'll be top 4. Did you see how many times he got back to nullify rushes/partial breaks by fast opposing players tonight. He loves to jump into the rush and has the potential to be all over the ice.
That's 7 players in 7 years (assuming Brook, Poehling, Mete, and Juulsen pan out) + other prospects like Fleury, Primeau, Ikonen, Ylonen, Olofseen, Romanov, etc... + I'm not writing off Lehkonen, Scherbak and Hudon just yet.
