Cokenfries
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- Nov 10, 2014
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Burke was terrible at drafting. Terrible.
Yep terrible ... Drafted terrible players like Sedins, Kesler, Pronger, Morgan Reilly, Kadri
Burke was terrible at drafting. Terrible.
Yep terrible ... Drafted terrible players like Sedins, Kesler, Pronger, Morgan Reilly, Kadri
I was reffering to his Leaf tenure. If all you have to show for all those picks is Reilly and Kadri that is bad. That's Edmonton bad. Anyone should be getting a player in the top 5-10 of the draft.
The proof is in the pudding -- so many misses. Jamie Devane in the third. He was just ******** about drafted toughness.
Saad and Jenner were both rated in the first round.
Percy was rated in the second.
They traded up to get Biggs.
Burke was terrible at drafting. Terrible.
Bad drafting falls on scouts way more then the GM.
GM's might scout the upper end of the draft but have no time to know the entire draft well enough to not let scouts make the decisions.
Burke's bad draft record here as GM falls on his scouts. All trades/FA signings are on Burkie though.
Bad drafting falls on scouts way more then the GM.
GM's might scout the upper end of the draft but have no time to know the entire draft well enough to not let scouts make the decisions.
Burke's bad draft record here as GM falls on his scouts. All trades/FA signings are on Burkie though.
But who set guidelines and who makes the final decision?
Maybe his scouts said Player X is better but Burke prefers Player Y.
Bad drafting falls on scouts way more then the GM.
GM's might scout the upper end of the draft but have no time to know the entire draft well enough to not let scouts make the decisions.
Burke's bad draft record here as GM falls on his scouts. All trades/FA signings are on Burkie though.
Yep terrible ... Drafted terrible players like Sedins, Kesler, Pronger, Morgan Reilly, Kadri
I was reffering to his Leaf tenure. If all you have to show for all those picks is Reilly and Kadri that is bad. That's Edmonton bad. Anyone should be getting a player in the top 5-10 of the draft.
The proof is in the pudding -- so many misses. Jamie Devane in the third. He was just ******** about drafted toughness.
What would you have done with the 7th overall pick in the 2009 draft?
I remember wanting Namestnikov and Puempel with the 2 picks at the time.
A lot of players in that draft have actually turned out better than expected, especially bottom of the first and top the 2nd.
Biggs was actually rated pretty high, but kept falling as season wore on. Percy had a good memorial cup and that seemed to move him up the ranking. Bottom line, we should have never traded up to get these players. Looked a bad move at the time, looks worse now.
What would you have done with the 7th overall pick in the 2009 draft?
Am I the only one completely mystified as to why Corrado was qualified? Are we that desperate for RHD? He was pretty awful last year when he was with the big club IMO. Seems like a waste of a contract spot.
If it was a choice to keep one of Percy or Corrado, I would rather they had kept Percy one more year with the Marlies to see if he can stay healthy and put together a good season and help solidify the Marlies D (especially considering Corrado couldn't even crack the Marlies D at times).
Am I the only one completely mystified as to why Corrado was qualified? Are we that desperate for RHD? He was pretty awful last year when he was with the big club IMO. Seems like a waste of a contract spot.
If it was a choice to keep one of Percy or Corrado, I would rather they had kept Percy one more year with the Marlies to see if he can stay healthy and put together a good season and help solidify the Marlies D (especially considering Corrado couldn't even crack the Marlies D at times).
What were you watching, he was pretty good when he was up last year and he's one of the best defence prospects we have. Easily better than Percy.
Bad drafting falls on scouts way more then the GM.
GM's might scout the upper end of the draft but have no time to know the entire draft well enough to not let scouts make the decisions.
Burke's bad draft record here as GM falls on his scouts. All trades/FA signings are on Burkie though.
To me, it's quite clear Burke gave orders to his scouts to find players that could be the next Lucic. That to me is on the GM.
hahaha so what were the orders from Shanny this year when they chose all 10 big body player after Matthews?
Yep terrible ... Drafted terrible players like Sedins, Kesler, Pronger, Morgan Reilly, Kadri
Be interesting to find out how much influence a GM has in the draft. Obviously scouts have the biggest say in who gets picked etc, but Im sure the GM establishes the objectives in the draft in what type of traits the club values the most.