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Love how it always comes back to Boston passing on him 3 times, but no one mentions the following teams pass on him as well....
Arizona
Toronto
Carolina
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Columbus
San Jose
Colorado
Florida
Dallas
As a B's fans I still don't hate our picks. There's something that the scouting team didn't like about Barzal and they passed on him. Do I worry about it? Nope, because at the end of the day he's still not w/ Boston. Kid could go on to be a future HOFer, who knows. Maybe he shows flashes his rookie year and then falls off the map, we don't know. I will say just because he's played well for the Islanders doesn't mean he'd be putting up the same performance in Boston. The strategy isn't the same, the line-mates are different, his usage would be different. There are numerous factors that can change his production if Barzal were to be with a different team.