No, it really doesn't. Jost has some work to do but he was still a solid pick for where we took him, and despite his issues, there's a lot of things he does well and I dont have any doubt he'll be a quality player in the NHL. I just dont think he's going to fit this team in the future.
It's still early on these recent drafts but I think they have had a noticeable improvement in drafting since 2015.
Rantanen was a fantastic pick and an example of this. The Avs had him much higher then where we took him, they recognized the talent and skill that he brought to the table and that's why we took him instead of Crouse, who a large part of this fan base insisted before the draft would be the guy this team took. Again it's still early, but I am a big fan of a lot of the picks they have made in recent years. Greer, Meloche, Timmins, Smirnov, Shvyryov, Leivermann. They've expanded the portfolio so to speak since moving on from Pracey. We're not afraid to take Euorpeans or Russians anywhere in the draft now, and they seem to have a focus much more on raw upside rather then on specific characteristics like just good skaters, or high character guys like they used to have. It's the right approach to drafting and I think it will start to show in the next few years.
Timmins IMO is the epitome of this organizations improved drafting. We were already pretty strong on the Right Side going into the draft last year anyway, with EJ + Barrie in the NHL and Meloche in the system. They took Makar in the 1st round who was another Right Shot Dman. They could have looked at taking a Left Shot Dman instead at 32 like Hague or Salo, or they could have taken a forward, etc. etc. They also really could have traded the pick, since the first pick in the 2nd round of the draft always gets overvalued by other teams by a decent amount.
Instead, they recognized that a high upside player was still available, someone the organization was high on, and instead of looking elsewhere and drafting more for need or drafting more for character, or outright trading the pick, they stuck to their guns and took the player they really liked, even if he was another RHD.