SirKillalot
Registered User
Yzerman lucked out on some home run picks. Pure fluke.
Namestknov before Kucherov
Kookoek before Vasi
DeAngelo, Masin, and Macleod before Brayden Point
I say the same thing about Hughes and Hutson. Pure luck he was still there at 62 and obviously they didn't value him higher than Mesar and Beck.
It's not as "easy" or "true" as that. Its also about looking at it from a perspective of who are other teams going to pick. If you with reasonable knowledge know that no teams have a player in their top 2-3 based on their draft position, why would you draft a player earlier if you can get him later? If drafting someone else earlier overall give you in your opinion better opportunities to get regular NHL'ers.