- Jun 24, 2012
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Bad draft pick ? You never know. You can fall on guys like Point and Gally or Josh Brook in later rounds, and draft dogs like Leblanc, Tinordi, McCarron, etc... in a first round.
"You never know" is Bergevin's philosophy about the playoffs. Math is math -- the best odds are with early picks, goes without saying. If the opposite were true, why didn't we trade our 3OA last year for 2 lower first round picks, because of "you never know"? Doesn't quite work that way.
We all want the team to succeed however, reality is that the worst possible outcome is just missing the playoffs.