edicius 3,269 Report post Posted April 16, 2009 Hey, on NHL Hour today, Bettman DID say he was at the Pens game last night. Anyone surprised? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
betterREDthandead 58 Report post Posted April 17, 2009 I think we need to be careful on the drafting perspective and putting the Wings too high up on a pedastal. I was reading the Hockey News yesterday and there was a piece in there on the past 10 years or so. In terms of players each team drafted in the past 10 years, Detroit was dead last in terms of the number of those players playing in the NHL. Of course, some of that may be a function of them having low picks each year, but on average, they are picking 10-15 spots lower in the first round, shouldn't make that big of a difference. We also trade away a lot of our picks. In the last 10 years we've had four first rounders because we peddled away all the others. And two of those first rounders were in the last two years when you can't expect those guys to be NHL-ready yet anyway. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
