Our #4 pick looks a lot better than the #2 pick, Jordan Staal, does he not? The #4 pick in 2005 was Benoit Pouliot. The #4 pick in 2007 was Thomas Hickey. You could make a pretty convincing argument that Backstrom was the best #4 pick of the entire decade, with Pietrangelo being his only legitimate competition.
Neuvirth is 3rd among all goalies taken in the 2006 in games played, only trailing Steve Mason and Semyon Varlamov. Leland Irving was taken in the 1st round and has been a complete bust. Jhonas Enroth was taken at #46, and while showing some promise, hasn't proven nearly as much as Neuvirth. It's taken until this year for #11 pick Jonathan Bernier to get regular starts.
Yes, Neuvirth is absolutely a draft succcess.
Getting a depth player like Kundratek is par for the course for a second rounder. Kundratek's 30 NHL games played is already above the 50th percentile for 2nd rounders (a mere 22 games played). Only reason I brought up Seabrook is because you doubted our guys would even reach the AHL, which they clealry did.
Osala was traded, and then faded. But for a freaking 5th rounder, certainly not bad. Seeing any NHL action at all puts him way ahead of 2/3 of 5th rounders. The fact we got a 5th rounder that would be coveted enough to be part of a trade for an NHL player is a success.
You said that our 2nd rounders wouldn't even play in Hershey. You were clearly and demonstrably wrong.
You need to adjust what you consider a draft success to be more in line with reality.
http://myslu.stlawu.edu/~msch/sports/Schuckers_NHL_Draft.pdf