Im going to go against some of the other wings fans here. The 2nd round drafting those years was plain bad.
In the same time frame:
Anaheim: LaCombe, Zellweger, Colangelo
Boston: Lohrei
Buffalo: Peterka
Carolina: Kotchetkov, Nikishin
Chicago: Colton Dach, Vlasic
Dallas: Stankoven
And this is jsut me going through a few teams alphabetically. Most teams had one or two 2nd rounders those years at most, we had among the most in the whole league with 3 in multiple years and there’s very little to show for it.
In the same time frame:
Anaheim: LaCombe, Zellweger, Colangelo
Boston: Lohrei
Buffalo: Peterka
Carolina: Kotchetkov, Nikishin
Chicago: Colton Dach, Vlasic
Dallas: Stankoven
And this is jsut me going through a few teams alphabetically. Most teams had one or two 2nd rounders those years at most, we had among the most in the whole league with 3 in multiple years and there’s very little to show for it.