Apparently Detroit wants a 1st for Jimmy Howard. I say do it. We've proven as an organization that we have absolutely no idea how to draft in the first round anyway. Kind of pointless to even try.

McLeod
Zacha
Quennville
Matteau
Larson
Josefson
Tedenby
Corrente
Bergfors

Its like a graveyard of lost potential. Imagine if we had drafted wisely in even half of those years.
- WayneZ

Oh god bergfors

Smith Smith Smith

Ray is at his best when he's fleecing other GM's in a trade. Drafting? Well...that's another story.

Ray is at his best when he's fleecing other GM's in a trade. Drafting? Well...that's another story.
- madmike71

He's a GM not a scout. He is doing great, our scouting is completely MIA

Zacha has more points than Sean Couturier had in his first 2 years. He's 21. Everybody relax
- jtirri

to put that in context...

Couturier was brought up in a 4th and 3rd line defensive shutdown roles his first two years. Zacha has been put in a position to score and he hasn't done very much of that

He's a GM not a scout. He is doing great, our scouting is completely MIA
- bikeguy99

He gutted the old scouting department and brought in his guys. So while he doesn't directly scout players, he is indirectly responsible for them. So he does shoulder blame here.

He gutted the old scouting department and brought in his guys. So while he doesn't directly scout players, he is indirectly responsible for them. So he does shoulder blame here.
- jersey1414

Zacha was Conte, so I think we can only credit McLeod honestly to a shero 1st round pick which didn't pan out. At least it looks like it won't.