So you are saying 34+50 is the same probability NHL player as 27?
The semantic of 50 to movevup 7 spitscfrom34 seems to me not the samecas considering 2 shots at getting tge samec1 nhl player by taking giyscat #34and 590 ....You have if not doubled your chances of hitting onan NHL pl,maybe at least uo the odds 1 5tines?
But this move up costing 34and50 hodrs KD's bigger error...inmy view..
Look I like Vanacker..we got homat #27 when his rating inthe Bob Mckenzie poll was #28...so hec expected value ...Has same chanceat hit or bust as most draftbpicks do in late first to 4ps range ..
Nothing is guaranteed..you may getcan nhl player but of no starvor of minor star quality unless luckyvand he does emerge to star..
Butcalk tgatvisxrelevant.
Hawksxfocused on Vanacker.. wantedvhom..thought hecwoukd not lastvto #34..so made the deal.
I can understand why they did that
However I still think there was better valuexatc#21and#23 ...both L.A. and Toronto respectively trade these picks.. L A. Got #26 +57+198 from Montreal for#21 and landed Michael Hage ..Toronto gave #23 to ANH for #41 and#58..andANH took the guy I wanted Stian Solberg..
CHICAGO could have bettered either offer and gotten either #21or#23...
We ended up making a deal to add #92..Coukd have done that earlier.
Surely 34+50+92"is better than 26+587 +198..such an offer could have gotten #21 from L.A.
Or is not 34+50 equal to #31and#58 ?.. add is a sweetener (92 or 138) if Toronto wanted more.
So we coukd had Solberg if only KD acted correctly instead of hisxI way Vaacker but not as high as #21or#23 idea.
Solberg #20on the Mckenzie list was I think the highest value and better positional value to go for and I woukdvhave taken homat #21but if we did nit getvthat pick from L A. Then I wouk.vhave made a greater offer than Anaheim did to get Solberg at #23.
I like Vanacker but hecwill not have the impact Solberg will as both a top notch shutdown dman and a physical fear barrier opposobgbRwibgs will cribgecatbpkayibgvagaibstvelse they end up crushed into the biards hit cleanly so they end up in hospital.You cannot find this very often.
JD shoukdvhave tried movingbuptob#21 or#23 ..hevhad the ammo..
Moving upto #27 ,to me was not goidcenough considering alk the draftcasetscwe had from 2ndvtoundvon to give better deals than either Montreal or Anaheim gaveup tomorrow to #21and#23 respectively .So whikevI have nothing agaibst Vanacker..I lijehim,tgevpintbiscI like Solbergva kit better as the proper piece to add to our puzzle trying to form a Cup contender in a fewc ears...