That is utter BS...
In 2006, we had the #2 overall pick that he screwed up, but Staal was the only NHL regular drafted that year.
2007 - no one
2008 - no one
2009 - Despres was literally the only player of relevance
2010 - Bryan Rust
2011 - Harrington might be the best of the scrubs we drafted
Please explain how he was remarkable after 6 consecutive years of poor drafting. He was remarkably bad.
Lol.
2006
Staal. Strait. Johnson. All regulars
2007.
Bortuzzo. Muzzin. Regulars.
2008.
N/A. 4 picks. I’ll give it to him.
2009.
Despres. Probably his weakest draft. We won a cup.
2010.
Bennett. Rust. Kuhnhackl. All regulars basically.
2011.
Harrington. Wilson. Archibald. Fringe regulars. One contributed to a cup. I’m good with that.
2012.
Maatta. Sundqvist. Bleuger. Murray. Best draft by far.
2013.
Jarry. Guentzel.
For players still in the league.
Guentzel - Staal - Rust
Kuhnhackl - Sundqvist - X
Archibald - Bleuger - X
X - X - X
Muzzin - X
Maatta - X
Bortuzzo - X
Murray
Jarry
Pretty phenomenal given the fact we were consistently picking 20th in the NHL
If you want to argue he failed to incorporate a lot of these picks properly due to his allegiance with Bylsma. I’m in total agreement.