I can't say that I'm well versed in draft prospects nor do pretend to have a strong opinion on what they did in 2015. With that being said, was there ever a reason stated for passing on Barzal. It seems like the hockey world was expecting them to pick him, certainly reading through the posts the boards expectation was to pick him, and he was solidly rated as a top 10 picks my most experts.
He was like Zach Parise in 2003 expected to not get past 10
I went to the draft party at the Garden and had all my draft crap and as the names came off there he sat lol
I would have taken him and Parise but I would not have taken Bergeron-Cleary or McAvoy so you win don't you lose some
Bruins Logic (my educated guess)
1. Need- they had Krejci & Bergeron digned long term NMC up till 'at least' 2020 and through 2022
2. Style - Claude is the coach and their centers are 200 foot centers and my guesstimate was he didn't project there - they had Soooner & Khokhlachev already who fell in this area
3. They wanted wingers who they identified as scorers and offensively based. DeBrusk looks like a homerun and Senyshyn looks like a very good choice from what I have seen and read. I know at least one person who scouts the college game and overlaps to the AHL games when the college season ends told me he's raw with a heck of an upside - patience will be rewarded.
I'm sure with a redo they take him and DeBrusk but Arizona at 3 takes him as well