I think Zegras was a great pick, Tracey was bad tho for sure because they missed out on some nice players.
Jones/Steel wasn’t good - notably missed out on Thompson, Kyrou, Girard, Cat, and some others
Drysdale - a disappointing pick for sure but if Cutter ends up strong then great job by Pat. But yes there were a handful of productive forwards taken after, Rossi would look great here. Perreault indeed awful especially with Faber remaining.
The Ritchie picks stands above all the other years as being particularly awful because of the sheer amount of quality players - specifically forwards that were still available. Murray/Madden also missed out on a unique opportunity to supercharge an already good NHL lineup with a blue-chip forward prospect.
With Mctavish I still have a lot of hope for him and don’t dislike the pick at this time, although I wouldn’t argue with anybody who would’ve preferred Guenther, Eklund, or Johnston I guess.
Definitely enough flubs to not blindly trust Madden as well, I never like to hear in Madden we trust haha, although that’s more when it comes to forwards i suppose.
Murray could’ve done a significantly better job in 2014, 2016 and 2020 IMO. I think it’s important to remember that if 2014 was a quality player they probably wouldn’t align with the team’s contention window at this stage and may have been moved by now - 2016 as well perhaps. Who knows, We may not have even been quite as bad if those were good picks. 2020 is the most relevant now I’d say but again the Cutter trade may help to alleviate that a bit.