Roslovic is looking like a very savvy pick, as does Morrissey. Add that to Scheifele and you have a decent track record for identifying good talent. You could also look at other picks like Petan, Spacek, Foley, Poolman that look okay and the result of a balanced scouting strategy.
Absolutely. Scheifele, Lowry, Helle, Morrissey, Petan, Comrie, Copp, Poolman, Ehlers, De Leo, Roslovic, Harkins, Foley, Spacek, Niku, Gennaro and Green are all solid picks. Connor and Laine were definitely gimme picks though. We had no business being able to snag either one of them but some terrible moves by Boston and a golden horseshoe up our ass helped us out there.
Sorry you can't pick and choose.... Both those picks count as pluses just like Standley might be a bad pick.....
If you want to give the scouts participation trophies so be it. I won't give them an A+ for not screwing up. Sorry but that's not how I work. I absolutely can pick and choose, in fact I just did. Does Edmonton's scouts get an A+ for drafting McDavid? It's a gimme. You don't get points for a gimme. Stanley could absolutely still be a bad pick though. Because he wasn't a gimme we actually made moves to acquire him. There is a stark difference.