Overall draft grade for me is a C, and I’m feeling generous right now. I feel that we really reached on Ralph and (especially) Kos. (I was screaming for LSW at Ralph’s spot and one of either Pikkarainen or Luca Marrelli at Kos’s spot.) Would’ve preferred a European (Miroslav Satan) over Dorion with our seventh, since he honestly doesn’t look like he has any NHL upside. Mrsic and McIsaac were…somewhat okay where they were at, but I felt there were better options (Kiviharju sitting right there in the fourth round, and Misa in the fifth.) Would’ve much rather had Hage than Jiricek (felt the upside was higher with Hage with less risk than Jiricek) and Mustard over Fischer (I’ve got a horrible feeling that we’re going to see a lot of Mustard with the Blackhawks.) but they felt more underwhelming than outright terrible. The only picks I liked at the spots where they were at were Jecho and Korotky. That’s not a positive, especially compared to last year and the year before.
Overall, with the Hayes trade (even though I like Texier), this offseason seems to be starting out on the absolute wrong foot for me.