Impressive that so many of the best players were not taken in round 1
Donnysmokescigs
Look at how many of these guys became NHL players. Maybe they’re not all superstars but a vast majority of his picks made it to the NHL. He’s done extremely well with late round picks. We’ve already seen a few of his picks start to pan out in Detroit. The guy knows NHL talent when he sees it. I’m not worried at all about any of our draft picks. I trust Steve and the guy has the resume to back it up.
Ph1llyth3gr8
Would love a side by side of KH to remind everyone just how piss poor his drafting was in comparison.
fullspeed8989
To be fair, I hate looking at that part of the website because it shows you the human side to being a GM. So much luck involved its pretty depressing.
lets_kill_time
Another way to look at it is that he drafted Point Cirelli, Kucherov, Palat as 4 elite players in 9 years of drafting. Other than Vasi, there is no 1st rounder as success.
big_phat_gator
He has a very different crew now in Detroit tho
travisb145
Those late round guys usually take longer to develop. In a couple years I’m pretty confident we’ll have a few of those late round hits too. Stevie knows NHL talent and how to draft.
RedWingsFan1990
Another way to look at it is he drafted a core around Hedman and Stamkos that ultimately went on to win two cups
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Impressive that so many of the best players were not taken in round 1
Look at how many of these guys became NHL players. Maybe they’re not all superstars but a vast majority of his picks made it to the NHL. He’s done extremely well with late round picks. We’ve already seen a few of his picks start to pan out in Detroit. The guy knows NHL talent when he sees it. I’m not worried at all about any of our draft picks. I trust Steve and the guy has the resume to back it up.
Would love a side by side of KH to remind everyone just how piss poor his drafting was in comparison.
To be fair, I hate looking at that part of the website because it shows you the human side to being a GM. So much luck involved its pretty depressing.
Another way to look at it is that he drafted Point Cirelli, Kucherov, Palat as 4 elite players in 9 years of drafting. Other than Vasi, there is no 1st rounder as success.
He has a very different crew now in Detroit tho
Those late round guys usually take longer to develop. In a couple years I’m pretty confident we’ll have a few of those late round hits too. Stevie knows NHL talent and how to draft.
Another way to look at it is he drafted a core around Hedman and Stamkos that ultimately went on to win two cups
I love how Vladdy was drafted before Kucherov