Once I saw some of the back and forth I made 2 decisions on it. First, to stay out of it. You and Hockeybuzzed and everyone involved had a back and forth that was fantastic to watch develop and didn’t need my opinions interjected. 2nd, let it go. It’s healthy and people can learn something when that happens. I thank you for being so involved and diving in. There’s a great song lyric (old) that it comes to: “Let’s leave it alone, ‘cause we can’t see eye to eye. There ain’t no good guys, there ain’t no bad guys, there’s only you and me and we just disagree”. At some point the conversation ends but when it’s done right you have passionate fans on opposite sides of an issue that can respect the difference. That’s pretty cool when it happens.
- Jeremy Laura
Mr. Buzzed was certainly correct in that the Wings depth of drafting definitely dropped off once Joe McDonnell left for Dallas in 2013, with Nill. Something that was an amazing strength before that.
Tyler Wright was a massive step down in that regard. That being said. I don't think we can make an informed opinion on Draper yet as most of the kids they've drafted from 2020 onward are still developing. Although, I do agree, we should be seeing some results from that 2020 class from round two and beyond if we're going to get anything from it.
The Dallas kids like Robertson and Hintz took three to four years of development before they made it to the NHL for them.