Even if senyshyn pans out it was a bad pick. The bruins needed the return on those picks 2 or 3 years ago. Its too late now. The window closing fast. Maybe he can be a part of the post bergeron/chara/krejci bruins team but that team doesnt exist yet. I dont think he’ll ever become the top 6 forward he was drafted to be but even if he does become that, it wont be this year. Best case for him is he pots 10 goals in 35 games to finish off the year after starting in providence or on the bench. And thats not enough to make a sizeable impact to a core thats lost a step and can’t hang with the top tier groups around the league like they could 2-4 years ago. Bergeron and chara specifically. And who knows what year will be the year marchand takes a step back.
Senyshyn was a failed pick. Not blaming him one bit. He was always a project that was going to take at least 2-3 years and taking someone with that profile with the team they had was a mistake. The fact its going to take 5 years as a best case scenario is an issue that falls straight on the scouting department and the gm for allowing himself to be talked into a long term project on a ready to win team
Exactly, window or no window, you cannot in a salary cap system be 5+ years waiting for your 1st round picks, especially those picked in the Top 20, to finally contribute to your parent club winning hockey games. The fact the Bruins have not one but two of their 2015 picks now entering post-draft season SIX with basically nothing to show for it is far too long. Forget the fact they missed on a few great players, if the Bruins had gotten some production out of those picks in seasons 2-3-4 post-draft, it's a lot easier to stomach. The Bruins, in a desperate effort to "re-tool" (whatever that really means) used two of their three 1st Round selections on two players who had great natural athletic ability (big, strong, great skaters, hard shooters, etc) but were extremely raw in their hockey IQ and decision making, meaning there was a high likely-hood both would be taking the long-road to the NHL, was a asinine decision. If getting back into contention with the current core was the goal of their "re-tool", then they should of taken the three most-sure fire NHL players available, even if the upside of those three players was more limited than the guys they took.