HoseEmDown
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- Mar 25, 2012
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Joseph was a solid pick for the 4th round. Howden is an ok late 1st, but he's just energy depth. He was big in the 2023 Cup for Vegas, but a role higher up in a lineup like he had in New York, he's not good enough for. Hajek is a bum, Katchouk is mostly a bum, and Raddysh isn't dynamic enough nor gritty enough to be a consistent middle 6/top 6 scorer. Nolan Foote is a AAAA tweener and was a reach on draft day.
How they were as draft picks is not equal to how Yzerman and BriseBois used them as assets post draft. And Yzerman/Al Murray deciding Cal Foote was worth taking in the middle of the 1st really hurt this team. Classic last name bias/nepotism. Imagine if we drafted Robert Thomas, Jason Robertson, even Josh Norris there. Hell, Timothy Liljegren, even though he's soft and somewhat underwhelming, is a better NHLer than Cal Foote ever was.
I didn't like the Cal Foote pick either, I would have drafted Shane Bowers or Kole Lind or Isaac Radcliffe or Marcus Davidsson or Alexis Heponiemi or Filip Westerlund instead. Just imagine how good we'd be then?