As a follow up:
TIMMINS’ RECORD AFTEN TEN DRAFTS: 18 - 15 - 38
2014 Draft
Nikita Scherbak (26th overall; ranked 15th on CSS & 21st on BM’s list)
Highest player available off BM’s list: Scherbak (21st), CSS: Barbashev (18th).
Scherbak was the highest player off the list based on BM’s list which is more reliable. Barbashev is a regular though so I guess you could say it’s a loss if you rely on the less efficient tool that CSS is. Loss for Timmins.*
Brett Lernout (73rd overall; ranked 52nd on CSS)
Highest player available off CSS: Reid Gardiner (ranked 29th).
Gardiner is playing in the ECHL right now, Lernout played a few NHL games. One can argue this is a win, albeit a small one. Win for Timmins.
Nikolas Koberstein (125th overall; ranked 205th on CSS)
Highest player available off CSS: Ondrej Kase ranked 8th) Note: how the hell did he slip all the way to the 7th round with this ranking, wtf.
Obvious loss for Timmins.
Daniel Audette (147th overall; ranked 75th on CSS)
Highest player available off CSS: Emil Johansson; ranked 12th)
Draw for Timmins since clock is ticking for Audette to become an NHLer.
Hayden Hawkey (177th overall; unranked on CSS)
Highest player available off CSS: Kevin Reich; ranked 5th)
Draw for Timmins although it might turn into a win for Timmins.
Jake Evans (207th overall; ranked 106th)
Highest player available off CSS: Gavin Bayreuther; ranked 48th).
I will show my bias and although Bayreuther has played some games this year due to a ton of injuries on the Stars’ backend and did well, I will prefer to be patient to evaluate this one. I’ll consider it a draw but it’ll be good to re-evaluate in two years. Draw for Timmins.
TIMMINS’ RECORD AFTEN ELEVEN DRAFTS: 19 - 17 - 41
2015 Draft* (NHL.com won’t let me see other rankings than NA skaters for CSS).
Noah Juulsen (26th overall; ranked 22nd on CSS & ranked 37th on BM’s list)
Highest player available off BM’s list: Merkley (17th), CSS: Harkins (47th).
Still early to tell. I prefer Juulsen to Harkins but Merkley is a PPGish AHLer already. Time will tell here. Draw for Timmins.
Lukas Vejdemo (87th overall; ranked 36th on CSS)
Highest player available off BM’s list: Ryan Pilon (55th). CSS: Pilon (24th).
Here, that’s where scouts get the benefit (and some advantage) over us armchair scouts, he unexpectedly slipped at the draft and retired shortly after being drafted. Easy win for Timmins.
Matt Bradley (131st overall; ranked 126th on CSS)
Highest player available off BM’s list: Korostelev (69th). CSS: Korostelev (50th)
Although people were pissed we skipped over Koro at the draft, both amounted to nothing. Draw for Timmins.
Simon Bourque (177th overall; ranked 76th on CSS)
Highest player available off CSS: Noel (54th)
One retired and the other is a fringe AHLer. Draw for Timmins.
Jeremiah Addison (207th overall; ranked 129th on CSS)
Highest player available off CSS: Suter (74th)
I remember picking Suter in the mock draft and being surprised that he went undrafted. For my ego, I’ll put an asterisk here since Suter had a nice Olympic tournament for Switzerland and is a productive player in the NLA. Draw for Timmins.
TIMMINS’ RECORD AFTEN TWELVE DRAFTS: 20 - 17 - 45
I will stop here since 2016 is way too early still. As pointed out by some, 2016/2017 is really where it seemed like Timmins started to knock out of the park again so the two drafts I added didn't change much in terms of my 'analysis'. One thing that I can mention is that if someone wants to take over with what I have, CSS could be replaced by something else since 2014ish, there have been better resources online available for draft junkies (Future Considerations, etc.).