I'm going to clarify what I mean by best available player.
If a player is consistently rated in the teens- like Martin is- that is not the best available player. That's just your opinion as an organization. And if your organization's opinions have consistently sucked, you should have a little bit of humility and acknowledge that. Know what you are good at and know what your weaknesses are. And the Boston Bruins as an organization have a HUGE weakness at drafting. It's demonstrable and seen over the course of many years. It's not even a point of discussion. They don't want to hear about 2015, but that's just the most obvious example. What about the years after that, where they didn't even draft at all? They don't value or focus on drafting and development as an organization in the way that they should, and that is why we don't have a hockey team right now. Zoom out and take the big picture view, look at what the organization has done over the last decade+, and figure it out.
So, this is why I would rank the following:
McQueen > O'Brien > Ecklund > Frondell > Martin (this guy should be drafted in the teens?
I have checked out Martin's skating, and it is not that good. Frondell's isn't either. He does play a more physical game (like a Bennett), and we know that is valued by Boston management, but that's not what we need. We don't need 4th line physical guy. We need skill and speed in addition to physicality.