I'm with you on that Millpond, I don't think the Attack can afford to gamble any picks away, especially not the high end ones. There has to be more intentionality with the drafting. Don't touch players if there's any hint that they won't report to rookie camp (Barnes was quoted pre-draft as saying he would wait to see who takes him before committing, which I think is why he fell to the 2nd round). OS just isn't a destination for those types of long-shot guys, and management needs to stop thinking that it is. We can always invite promising FA's to rookie camp.
I still believe that drafting should be looked at on simple format,the first three rounds should be no brainers to make your your team, after that four through six have to be considerations within the proceeding and following training camps, seven through ten are long-shots.
After 10th rounds it's all who can fight for a chance at wearing a jersey, which isn't impossible in this league, and anyone who thinks is impossible can ask Sean Durzi what a longshot can do.
There will always be players who shortlist on where they want to play and those players will typically be flyer picks in the draft who are undecided, that's just the way the draft shakes out.
If these players are just as talented as the ones before them and truly wanting to further their chances at the pros then location in the league shouldn't matter, but more so that they continue to develop and grow in the systems who draft them.
There are a great group of guys in the dressing room who will be here next season and there will be good building blocks in the draft to build on what should be nolan exciting team.
But I due tend to agree with Millpond and Pond Hockey that the team needs to hit the mark on those high rounds Saturday morning and make it harder for management to decide who stays come mid-August.
