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Jokes on you, both sides have looked inferior for years!

Inspired by the Thread @kliq dug out here it is. Lets revisit the 2014 Draft and see how we fared in hindsight. LGW- Discussion: Picks: 1st round pick, 15th Overall- Dylan Larkin 3rd round pick, 63rd Overall- Dominic Turgeon 4th round pick, 106th Overall- Christopher Ehn 5th round pick, 136th Overall- Thomas (Chase) Perry 6th round pick, 166th Overall-Julius Vähätalo 7th round pick, 196th Overall- Axel Holmström 7th round pick, 201st Overall- Alexander Kadeykin Notable other picks: 1st Overall - Aaron Ekblad (Floriada Panthers) 3rd Overall - Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers) 8th Overall - William Nylander (Toronto Maple Leafs) 25th Overall - David Pasternak (Boston Bruins) The Wings came into this draft as a playoff team. They lost in the first round to the Boston Bruins which let them pick at position 15. Their second round pick went to Nashville in the David Legwand trade. It should be pretty obvious to call this draft a great success if you get your future No. 1 Center out of it. Or as fellow user Richdg put it: Also notable is Christopher Ehn at 106th, who seems to develop in a career NHLer. Some of our forum residents wanted Tuch instead of Larkin before the pick was made. Tuch ended up being drafted at 18th by Minnesota and is now playing for the Golden Knights and put up 52 Points last season. Some also like Ritchie very much. He was picked at 10th by Anaheim and is a reliable 30 point player for them. Overall the Larkin pick was liked by almost all Members of the board which supposedly hasn't changed since then. Our second round pick was traded by Nashville to the Sharks who then consequently picked Swedish Defenseman Julius Bergmann. The Turgeon pick (our second one) did cost a 2 thirds (2014 and 2015). That didn't work out so well. The 2015 pick was then traded to the Ducks wo used it on Goalie Brent Gates. Never heard of the guy? Me neither. The Ehn pick raised some eyebrows on the forum, but also some Hakan Fans to defend it. Rightfully so. Our draftclass was pretty center heavy with 5 out of 7 picks being big frame centers.

Now we did.

Yah, its weird to see see us loading up at RHD. Suddenly, our left side looks inferior.

Ummmmmmmm, Lashoff?

1. Marry 2. f*** 3. Kill

Yeah. Hakan made a comment like this at the draft. Apparently Yzerman was very serious about this during pre-draft scout's meetings.

That wasn't an option... There's always one f***ing a**hole... If we're doing that though, Bouchard > Hughes... Fight me!

Quinn Hughes / Moritz Seider

Jack Hughes is money.

That or you're feeding them.

Normally I'd agree with you about the weight gain point, but there are some exceptions to this depending on the player. If I'm not mistaken, both Datsyuk and Zetterberg gained a good amount of weight and maxed out at a good level (around 195 lbs) for their height to maintain their speed. Best case scenario I see him get upto 185 lbs max. The advantage with these guys is the plethora of training/trainer options they have. Most of it comes down to how committed they are. edit - yep my Zetty rookie card from 2002 has him listed at 176 pounds. 20 pounds gain looks like.

Anyways, I think it's fair to assume that our 2011 draft pick from the 7th round has been the most successful thus far. Seems it really is a lot about luck.

He's saying North Americans we picked aren't tough. It's true, seems like the old days of tough North American players are winding down. We're getting too soft. Larkin is all skill no toughness. Same with McDavid, Kane, Toews, Eichel jeez so many. Starting to look like toughess and American/Canadan no longer applies in modern day hockey. McKinnon showed promise when he decided to take Ericsson though. Should bring that Frenchy Roussel here. He's tougher than our stud Canadian Sheahan