I didn't mind the Duclair trade. It was a hockey move, to get Yandle. It wasn't like we gave up on him, like a lot of people claim for whatever reason. If anyone should have regrets about Duclair, it should be Arizona who moved him for a season plus of Richard Panik, or Chicago who didn't even qualify him.Duclair was traded too early in my opinion. Gropp and Tambo don’t count. They couldnt even stay in the AHL. They shot the puck and that is all the skill that they had in their game. They did not anything else well. Both stunk And should have went undrafted Gropp only looked good because of Barzal of all players.
As far as Gropp and Tambellini, I'm not trying to compare them to Othmann or anything, just listing them as other reasonably high shoot-first picks of ours.