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Did you know that since 2004-2005, we missed the playoffs only 3 times? Did you know that since 2004-2005, we drafted in the top 10 only 3 times? Do you know who are the guys Timmins drafted the few times he had a chance to pick in the top 10?
2016: 9th overall Sergachev (that got us Drouin)
2012: 3th overall Galchenyuk (one of the weakest drafts ever, we still managed to do alot better than EDM and CLB while only Forsberg in the first round looks like a better pick right now than Galchenyuk..still, while a bit late, his progression is probably not done yet)
2005: 5th overall Price (WTF?? We already have Théo, why didnt Timmins pick Brulé?)
How better could Timmins do tell me???
If you take a look at the other drafts since 2005, 2006 is possibly the only year you really can blame Timmins for selecting Fisher at 20 over Giroux, still 20 other teams passed on Giroux..
2007: 12 th overall McDonagh + 22th overall Pacioretty + 43th overall PK Subban (Are you kidding me??? 2 franchise defensemen + a permanant 30 goals scoring winger the same year with a 12th 22th and 43th pick? Thats possibly one of the best drafts in the NHL history considering what spots Timmins drafted them.. Take a look at the other teams since 2005, can you name me 1 other team that came close to hit 3 homeruns like this in the same draft?
2008: no first round pick
2009: 18th overall Louis Leblanc (Louis Louis Louis Louis the fans were chanting in their building.. Timmins made alot of people happy selecting the Quebecer that finally busted some years after.. Still, if you take a look back to see who are the other players worth mentionning selected after in the first round, you have Kreider, Johansson Palmieri + Ryan Oreilly Klingberg and Silverberg early 2nd round.. Could Timmins have done better? sure but who is blaming him here, he didnt miss any standout players while alot of the first rounders picked before and after Leblanc have busted as well)
2010: 22nd overall: Tinordi (not his best pick but still a very late one, if you take a look at the players we missed worth mentionning, there is Kuznetsov picked 26th overall, could have been a great pick thats for sure but the guy never played in the CHL and it was a very big risk to take a Russian at that point cause of the KHL rise.. Charlie Coyle, Brock Nelson and Justin Faulk (37th OV) are the only guys picked around having a decent NHL carreer.. Still, you can hardly blame Timmins for missing here considering the poor quality and quantity of good players available around that spot.
2011: 17th overall Beaulieu (high risk high reward type of pick, didnt pan out as expected, still, not a bad pick at that rank, Habs could have drafted guys Klefbom Danault Namestnikov Jensen Rakell Jenner Saad.. Thats some interesting players around where we picked, but no real impact players..
2012: 3rd overall Galchenyuk (extremmely weak draft, Im pretty sure no one will criticize Timmins' pick here
)2013: 25th overall BigMac (Im still happy with the pick personally considering what was around, Shea Theodore and Ryan Hartman are the only players worth mentionning at that point)
2014: 26th overall Scherbak (it sucks that Pastrnak was selected just before us, will you blame Timmins for that?)
2015: 26th overall Juulsen (How not to like this pick at 26 seriously? Juulsen might end up having a better carreer than alot of first round picks in this draft, personally I think he is a pretty sure thing to become a good second pairing D)
2016 9th overall Sergachev (time will tell how good he will be but as someone who watched him alot last year, his celling is absolutely great.. Bergevin got a former 3rd overall pick in return and possibly one of the most purely skilled kids in the NHL)
I think that sum up Trevor Timmins's job pretty well regarding his first rounds work and TBH, thats an incredible job he made.. Try to convince me otherwise.
As for the other rounds, I will let you judge by yourself, but I dont think thats bad at all..
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