Honestly it was Wallinder's skating that had me so enamored with him and made him a top 15 guy for me. He is a big project, we have always known that, but there is just so much to work with. If we can win on him and again I keep saying this but we need to win on a few of these guys in a big way all Stanley Cup teams have those guys they hit homeruns on in the second round or lower than just the top few positions. I know we still need a super elite guy, but Seider looks like one and Raymond looks like a difference maker. You can see the plan at least, fix center and we are starting to look really interesting. I love what Yzerman is doing. They talk about compete, but a thing I like about Yzerman and Draper is they seem to draft a decent amount of plus athletes. I think Wallinder might translate better to the small rink too, but I guess we will see, I think he gets lost in space sometimes and the simplification might actually help him a bit.
It is fun to watch these guys in Sweden, they are playing well thus far, encouraging to see that. We invested heavily in this though, so to have success should be kind of an expectation, at least I assume Yzerman feels that way.
