Its too early to judge anything right now.
Late round steals are supposed to compliment your first round picks, not take the place of them. Its great that some of our later picks moved up, but lets be honest our high picks have moved down and that hurts more.
Tell that to Brayden Point lol
Post draft, where a player is drafted matters more to fans (& agents
) than it does to players and coaches. Sure, a GM may force lineup issues in rare occasions, but that happens much less than we gossip about.
Players are supposed to play. If a player shines and forces his way into a prominent role, he isn't made to defer to a first round pick just because. Roy certainly isn't deferring to the higher picks around him in Laval, nor will he once he cracks the NHL.
RHP isn't playing complimentary role to Armia, he bumped him out of the NHL to start the year...
2022 draft could prove to be a great one even if Slaf falls flat. Several players from that draft, including him, have shown realistic top 6/top 4 potential through D1 & into D2. Where they were drafted matters nothing to what kind of NHLer they will become