Yup, he was mostly hated & was blamed for KK's lack of offense. Lol He was even benched by that idiot Ducharme the season of our cup run.
I loved Lehkonen. He was always one of our hardest workers, an amazing forechecker and pker.
I'm glad he's doing well in Colorado. The guy is a gamer through and through.
Barron was an easy target. We needed RD and offensive players from the backend. At the time, we didn't have Matheson yet. Weber was retired, Petry wanted out, and we had guys like Romanov Guhle, Xhekaj, Struble, Harris in our system.
All guys with not a lot of offensive upside. And, Mailloux who the new guys didn't know except for a terrible reputation.
It wasn't a reach, but an actual need, and a young former 1st round player.