I’m still happy with the pick and sure you can cherry pick names like Jokiharju but realistically at the 7 spot I wouldn’t take anyone there over him besides Mittelstadt, even then I never really liked Mittelstadt and I doubt he’ll be anything special besides a one dimensional top 6er. We got our stud in Chytil later in the draft, Lias is a type of player we need (powerforward+leader type who can play great defense) even before we selected him I mentioned that I thought he was the best defensive forward of the draft
Why do people keep putting words in my mouth? I don’t blame the Rangers for not selecting Jokiharju. I said that they will regret passing on 10 (or more) other players after choosing Andersson, and Jokiharju was one of them.
I only truly blame them for not selecting Mittelstadt, Liljegren, or Brannstrom. Mittelstadt for being the clearly better center, and the type of player this organization badly needed, and the 2 d-men for not only being better prospects than Andersson, but for being a position of need.