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I'm not buying that. Teams (including the Red Wings) get offensively competent players in the 2nd and 3rd rounds all the time. Irrespective of when he was drafted it's not unreasonable to expect Zadina to be sorta good at the thing he was drafted to be good at. When Veleno was drafted his offensive upside was limited and his defensive game had some higher ceiling. Not surprisingly that's what he looks like today and nobody is bothered too much by his lack of offense. Berggren was a high offense/low defense player at the draft and not surprisingly nobody criticizes him for sucking at defense now. Zadina is not a good defensive player. His defensive metrics are amongst the worst on the team the last two years. But nobody cares about that, and shouldn't, because he wasn't drafted for his defensive profile. He was drafted because he could (supposedly) score...which he obviously can't. You seem to be suggesting that he's some Darren Helm type bottom six checking winger - which he's definitely not - but even if he was nobody should be happy getting a 4th line winger in the 2nd round when you can basically get them for league minimum in UFA. Take a look at Alex Chiasson.

Standing ovation upon his return

Zadina just missed the net on a breakaway. Unreal.

I watched this 59 times. Incredible.