I didn't say it was what I would do, but rather what I think the organisation was thinking in a draft so full of uncertainties.
Maybe they feel that next year is a better one to be taking risks on? Maybe it was influenced by the fact that our prospect pool has been significantly shallowed by the greatest influx of rookies or near rookies into the the roster in a generation over the last couple of years? Maybe recognising where the organisation is at they want to find replacements for Helm, Abby and others as soon as possible to allow themselves to part with those players before the best kids get paid big bucks? Maybe they just wanted to stockpile tradeable assets to help move on bad contracts in future years? Maybe they tried to combine high floors with perceived 'good character' in the hope that some of these 3rd and 4th line looking picks will turn into rather more than that? Or maybe, as they said, they just prioritised getting harder to play against?
I don't mind the model of picks they have gone for as long as this doesn't become a long term template. Mostly they went for late risers or people who had shown significant progression over the prior year. I confess, I am no position to know enough about player development to critique this approach positively or negatively.
I think (unsurprisingly) you are being too negative about the Rasmussen pick, and what the organisation views it as. Just because some are saying he peaks out as a more offensive but less defensively sound Hanzal doesn't make it true. While he might not be the flashy playmaker you or I wanted (I really wanted Pettersson or Glass, but both were gone), he is an intriguing prospect because the 3rd liner narrative people are giving is probably his likely floor unless something goes very wrong in his development...but more because while never being a true playmaker, he could be an absolute beast in the Ozone. The playmaking center and scoring winger combo isn't the only way to do it, and he strikes me as the kind of center that would make a Gus Nyquist very happy indeed unless his progression stalls badly.
Re the others, we just don't know enough about the D-men on the whole to comment fully. None seem like obvious 1st line guys...but then neither do a decent percentage of top 2 d-men when drafted. The other forwards seem like mostly bottom six-ers, but frankly in those rounds, any NHL-er is a success, so I can see the logic.
As for Holland talking about being a playoff team now, he's in the last year of his contract, he's got a new arena, he's got the final day of Z...should he really throw in the towel publicly in June? As long as he doesn't sacrifice future assets, doesn't sign any contracts more than 2 years to anyone over 30, and flips UFAs (and maybe some other older roster players) for picks at the deadline assuming we are on the outside looking in, he can say what the hell he likes. There are quite enough actions and voices from others in the organisation that evidence that the organisation realises the window is closed to suggest that the endless wailing and gnashing of teeth about KH's delusion is perhaps an over-reaction.