Last year's draft was much deeper, especially with rich talent.
How many guys in last year's top 10 took a regular shift last year?
There's nobody in this draft, except maybe Nolan Patrick, who is viewed as someone who can step in and play.
Pettersson seems like a Detroit pick.He's a playmaker. We need a playmaker. He's a center. He came up through Timra, like Zetterberg. He's not the only guy I'd look at. But he's one.
And at this point, it's really hard to say with any certainty who's the best at 9.
I see 6-7 players I'd like
If Drew Miller had top six skill, he'd have played. Hell. He played 8 years with this team without any skill.
You can be skilled and slow. You can be skilled and small.
But it's hard to be skilled, slow and small. A guy like Jiri Hudler comes to mind. Tatar, too, to a certain extent.
These guys are the exceptions. And they had to fight for every inch and plays extra years in the AHL and on lines 3 and 4 before getting top 6 looks.
