Cruiser008 37 Report post Posted January 31, 2006 Remember how on draft day almost everyone was majorly pissed when we passed on Guillaume Latendresse, TWICE? Apparently he's not doing so hot right now; check out the following thread on HFBoards Latendresse stripped of his 'A' Not saying he won't recommit himself, but maybe our scouts saw the risks and were a bit leery? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norrisnick 1 Report post Posted January 31, 2006 Hab-mania got to his head it would seem. I can't say for certain he would have turned out different drafted by us, but we do have a pretty good track record of giving players time to develop and mature. Though I guess Hakan, Nill, and Holland didn't see it in him and they're the professionals. Abdelkader sounds like he's doing alright for himself at MSU, but he still sounds like a better 3rd rounder than 2nd rounder. Blunden (a guy that was bandied about around here and tabbed by some mock drafts by media types as a guy, along with Latendresse, that would be a good big body for the Wings to go after) is having a great season. Helm is having an amazing year for himself. He's 8 points shy of tripling last season's output and has 22 games to do it. Quadrupling it is not out of the question if he gets hot. As I said on draft day, I like the guys we have but IMO it wouldn't have been hard to sneak a Latendresse or Blunden into the mix without sacrificing any but the last guy picked. peace Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Seth 0 Report post Posted February 2, 2006 As I said on draft day, I like the guys we have but IMO it wouldn't have been hard to sneak a Latendresse or Blunden into the mix without sacrificing any but the last guy picked. def agree on that one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
