Well we now know who GMTM was trying to trade all 3 Second Picks in 2014 for.

[Thorner]

Dahlin, Mittelstadt, UPL, Samuelsson, Cozens, Bryson 

for reference, are Botterill’s 6

[Thorner]

11 minutes ago, Thorny said:

Dahlin, Mittelstadt, UPL, Samuelsson, Cozens, Bryson 

for reference, are Botterill’s 6

(just as rough comparisons, not who’d you’d rather have on our team, just rough talent tier comps)

Eichel = Dahlin ?

Reinhart = Cozens ?

Olofsson < Mittelstadt ?

Borgen < Samuelsson ?

Hagel > UPL ? 

Asplund > Bryson ?

 

Hagel scored 30 and had 64 points last year. He’s above UPL for me. As is Asplund over Bryson. But the bottom 2 comps matter less, so I’d give the edge to Botterill based on Casey and Samuelsson being way ahead on their matchups. But, overall it’s really not that far apart, imo 

now maybe you think Botterill was a bad drafter too but I think he was decent as well 

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anyways kinda fun to compare. Don’t really have a strong stance on it 

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edit Cozens honestly a level above Reinhart 

Edited June 21, 2023 by Thorny

[Drag0nDan]

17 hours ago, Mustache of God said:

Those 3 picks turned into Brenden Lemieux, Eric Cornel, and Vaclav Karabacek. 

I think Lemiuex is the only one whose played in the NHL - and he never wanted to be in Buffalo. 

He's also not very good at Hockey.