Like who. Name names. And why.
-Mario Lucia (ranked near the top 40 by many, top-6 upside, NHL calibre shooter already)
-Shane Prince (very high offensive upside, fantastic skater)
-Ryan Sproul (bigger Dman who shot up 70 spots in the rankings, very high offensive upside)
-Adam Lowry (power-forward upside, good bloodlines, highly ranked)
-Joe Labate (huge forward project, huge overall upside)
-Mike Reilly (small Dman, big skill & offensive upside)
-Nikitie Kucherov (huge risk, but also huge reward)
-Nikita Filatov (same as above -- if OTT can get him for a 3rd, we could have got him for a 2nd)
-someone from Europe
-one of the better goaltending prospects
-trading down in the 2nd round to pick up another pick in the 2nd/3rd round (where we could have possibly selected some of those players)
-using our 2nd rounder to trade up 2/3/4 spots if there was someone better than Morrow (I like Morrow, but if we liked Murphy or Klefbom better, we should have tried to move up)
Naturally, those are just some names and I can't comment on those players personally. I would love it if Harington develops great. I just have a hard time believing he has the same upside as some of those other players or wouldn't be worth moving the pick up/down. If, at best, he projects as a reliable, left-handed defensive Dman, we already have some good ones in Strait & Samuelsson....
I have ZERO problem with taking the BPA, but then it naturally follows that at some point it makes sense to trade those assets to address needs. If Shero, for example, traded Sneep or Strait for an early 2nd round pick and selected a forward they really loved (i.e. Khoko, Rattie, Jurco, etc.), then that's great -- that's what those assets are for. Similarly, if we traded one of our top D prospects for a solid forward who would make our team next season, then you could say that we need to re-stock the defensive pipeline.
I just don't see the high-end potential with Harington that there were with some of those other players. I'd have no problem taking 7 Dmen in 7 rounds if they were truly BPAs at that time. Sproul, as an example, is just a guy who brings a more unique package of size/skill/upside...even if he never pans out. As they say, at some point you need to swing for the fences...