cheswick
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It is irrelevant who was rated higher, a GMs role in the draft is to choose the best player the team sees fit and will make the biggest impact
Its extremely relevant who was ranked higher. Its one thing to draft Alexander Daigle first overall and have him not pan out, when every other team in the league would have done the same thing.
Its a totally different kettle of fish to draft a Sergei Bautin at number 17 and have him not pan out, and have Bob MacKenzie not know who the hell was just drafted.
You can go through every GM in the history of the leagues draft picks and pick a better player who was drafted later in the draft in certain years..