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We should have went for Carter or Getzlaf in 03, we needed a center but management was clueless.If we go by next center picked though
2000: #13 Hainsey --> Artyom Kryukov #15
#16 Marcel Hossa --> Krys Kolanos #19
2001: #7 Komisarek --> RJ Umberger #16 (or Marcel Goc # 20 if you consider RJ a winger)
2002: #14 Higgins --> Jesse Niinimaki #15
2003: #10 Kostitsyn --> Jeff Carter #11
2004: #18 Chipchura --> Himself or Travis Zajac #20
2005: #5 Price --> Gilbert Brulé #6
2006: #20 Fischer --> Claude Giroux #22
2007: #12 McDonagh --> #13 Lars Eller
#22 Pacioretty --> #24 Mikael Backlund
2008: #56 Kristo --> Justin Daniels #62
2009: #18 Leblanc --> Jocob Josefson #20
2010: #22 Tinordi --> Kevin Hayes #24
2011: #17 Beaulieu --> Mark McNeill #18
2012: #3 Galchenyuk --> Himself or Mikhail Grigorenko #12
2013: #25 McCarron --> Marko Dano #26
2014: #26 Scherbak --> John Quenneville #29
2015: #26 Juulsen --> Anthony Beauvillier #28
Giroux was a can't miss, was so obvious at the time. We could have been a great team for the past 10-15 years.
Kotka has me very hopefull, but we need to draft more centers next season. And more left side PMDs.