Ziggy Stardust
Master Debater
The need was a backup goalie and a bottom six winger with no hands?
At the 2006 draft, Dean tried to trade for Roberto Luongo, who wound up going to Vancouver. They thought Bernier would be the franchise goalie the team was lacking in the pipeline, so they took the top ranked goalie in 2006, and then traded for Dan Cloutier.
Lewis was someone Dean knew Philadelphia had highly ranked. He dealt Demitra to get that Lewis pick, and as you’ll see at that draft, Bobby Clarke forgets Claude Giroux’s name because he wasn’t who their primary target was.
And the Kings also reached in the second to draft a position of need, as Al Murray has shared a story of how he was ready to select Milan Lucic, but Lombardi instructed him to take a defenseman, so Joey Ryan is selected two picks ahead of Lucic in the second round.