OK.
I assume the three you are talking about are Tryamkin, Virtanen, and McCann. Sure they have played NHL games but I think most on here would agree the best place for these players is in the AHL. They have played games because the roster is lacking top NHL talent.
I'm happy rookies are playing because I want another high draft pick next season but I'm not sure that's an endorsement of JB's drafting ability. The one pick I've become most pleased with is Boeser at 23. That was a really good pick.
I think it comes down to potential. JB has drafted players with great potential to be NHL players. But isn't potential measured based on draft ranking? The higher the draft placement the higher a players potential.
In the last two drafts JBs had three 1st round picks. Has any previous canuck GM had that to work with?
- bloatedmosquito
I agree he's had a few good pieces to work with so far, but I am not anointing him Jesus either. Like I said, Gillis' regime is starting to look a lot better with his picks getting NHL time and if you consider how low in each round or how many picks he traded away, it becomes more impressive. The potential for Gillis' picks are lower than JB's but like you said, that has something to do with draft rankings (though some players have high potential but have high risk associated with them).
I think that despite the 3 getting NHL time is a reflection on where the overall team is. Teams like the Oilers, Hurricanes and Blue Jackets have been putting young guys in the lineup earlier than they like because thats what bad teams do. That being said, even if the Canucks were decent, what those 3 have shown is that they would end up there eventually which when evaluating drafting is what matters. Now if they end up failing, like a Hodgson, you can say development and not drafting was the issue since he made it to the show and had some success
