Dude, if you draft a Trochek-level guy every year you're going to be an elite team. I get it's not sexy but any GM would be thrilled getting that level of player once a draft.
I get it though, you want to draft someone where the pundits say, "I see the next Malkin or Ovechkin!"
But my friend that guy doesn't exist at pick 8. Sometimes a David Pasta slips through and surprises the world, but that's the point, it's always a surprise. You're never going to know that on draft day.
Is this the draft report you'd be excited about?
Pastrnak hasn’t always shown the intensity to be a player in big games. Can handle the rough stuff, but too much of it turns him into a bit of a perimeter player. His still undersized frame doesn’t help that situation. Also tends to make poor decisions in trying to make the ‘super’ pass. Can also be physically slowed down in corners and held behind the play. Defensive zone coverage is clearly not a passion of his. He also has times where he seems more concentrated on deking out defenders than actually making a simple, effective play. Still has a ways to go before being a playmaker of sorts, even if he traditionally gathers more assists than goals.”
So just relax and see what happens. If you're right, you can be smug about it the next decade. And if you're wrong, you get to enjoy better Wings hockey. Win win, my man.
