Saying he was a second round pick DOES mean much though. I'm not sure there are "plenty" of superstars not drafted in the first round but if there is by your definition, what do you call the way more significant number of guys who amount to absolutely nothing? I would guess there is at least 30 who do absolutely nothing for every star. If you start counting third or 4th liners who were picked in the second round with the complete nobodies I bet there is something like 50 or 60 for every one superstar. Especially in the last decade where scouting in European countries has mostly equalled out among teams.
Its up to you if you want to be disappointed in a second round pick not becoming a first line player or a star but just know that its more likely youre going to be disappointed and its a ridiculous stance/prediction to take/make given the history of the draft
Don't we see production start dipping by pick 5 or 6? Then it plateaus for a few picks, then it dips again? Part of the push to finish as one of the few worst teams is the likelihood of not just picking first, but just picking high enough where it gets a lot more difficult to not get an impact player. Even by the time it gets to the sixth or seventh pick, the real hope is that there were at least three or four teams that simply screwed up and didn't pick the right guy. that's the real hope with Zadina, that Montreal, Ottawa, and Arizona just plain screwed up.