Why in the hell did the Sabres draft Leinonen in the mid 2nd? Weak goalie draft and they left far better players on the board like Casey, Hutson, Goyette, Luneau.
Yep. He's not even one of the 30 most promising goalies from Finland under... Say 24.
I would pick Jatkola, Kerkola, Vinni, Vali, Rimpinen, Kokko, Saarinen, Blomqvist... And yeah there are probably plenty of others out there.
Very amateurish scouting to be honest. They literally picked him because of size and his father being known. No other reason and not meritocratic whatsoever.
And that shows that franchises and scouts doesn't necessarily always know best. People tend to naively believe that they would be god like with their opinions.