Quoting: ON3M4N
Except you can't just assume that NOTHING else changes by changing those three picks. The odds are that after those three picks the draft boards of all teams change. Every season, game & shift changes. Some players will develop better with their news teams and others will struggle. These half baked, hindsight 20/20 ACGM's are just lazy takes.
I wouldn’t call Barzal and Connor hindsight though. EVERYBODY knew they were going to be good at the time. As for my thoughts on it:
Zboril, meh. He was the best player on the board at the time and the bruins needed D. Not going to blame the GM for him not developing.
Debrusk, too one dimensional right now but he has the potential to be elite. I can see him being 30-35 goal scorer with a couple 40 goal seasons.
SENYSHYN, zero f*cking excuse. Projected 2nd round pick and they take him at 15. Say what you want about barzal, Connor, Chabot, whatever, I take all of those over senyshyn in a heartbeat. Even said it immediately after they made that pick.
I was yelling at my TV for them to take barzal+Connor, especially barzal when they got to pick 15. I really wouldn’t call this hindsight when a lot of people, including myself, knew that the bruins messed up by not at least taking one of them.