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Originally Posted by 72off
and lol @ claiming victory on with Debrusk (10g/24pts) when they passed on Barzal (16g/48pts), Connor (15g/28pts), Boeser (22g/40pts), and Chabot (9pts in 24gp)
meanwhile Zboril & Senyshyn are looking like busts...
CRUSHING the draft
Ah so much to say, where to start.
72o, the Bruins drafting has been overwhelmingly positive since Sweeney arrived. It's literally the only reason they're good right now and not in total old-rebuild mode. Their prospect pool is so friggin stacked it's scary. Your insistence to focus on those 3 picks from that one draft year is kind of amusing and stinks of Canucks saltiness.
Starting with Debrusk, you've gotta actually watch him to appreciate where he's going. If you want to take stats from just this year, obviously I'm going to lose the argument. But there's a reason why this rookie is on the
2nd line and on the 2nd PP unit on a deep team. He plays a 200 foot game but he's also got wicked hands. Let's shelf this discussion until maybe his 3rd year and then we can go look at all these names.
Senyshyn I have no idea what to expect. He would be the fastest Bruin on the roster today if he came up. But with Pasta/Backes/Spooner on the right there's literally zero room. He looks like he could use a few years in the AHL, and it's nice to be able to afford him that time to develop there. It seems to have worked well for a lot of the others. Obviously he will never measure up to who we passed on there. Zboril seems busty, but once upon a time we did wait till a dman was 24-25 to totally declare them done. The Bruins did that with Subban, and oops!
What we do know is that the Bruins crushed so many 2-4 round picks that any mistakes they made were covered up. Czarnik, JFK, Bjork and a few others are absolutely nhl ready now. Next injury that comes up and they slide right in.
What you need to do is let 2011 go already. Not all of us are meant to see our teams raise the cup. It's only once you accept that that you'll be able to move on and not seem so so salty.
Last edited by rafiki; 01-19-2018 at 03:50 PM.