Evans truther
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I wouldn't take Sanderson with our first mainly because as much as people love to hate Timmins he does have a very good sense at picking defenders in round 2-6 whereas the same guy seems to miss on almost everyone in first rounds (Still talking about defenders only). Yes Sergachev and McDonagh were good picks but a broken clock is right twice a day yet when putting those aside you check his track record from Fisher, Tinordi, Beaulieu to the Quinn Hugues draft night where he was quoted ''I don't think he can defend in the NHL'' he does have an issue regarding elite/superstar potential in defenders. On the other side of the medal he drafted Romanov, Mete, Harris, Fleury, Dietz (Laugh all you want he's a top pairing guy in the KHL), Subban, Weber, Streit in later rounds and maybe aside from Subban none are top 2 defenders (As of now) in the NHL but you have some solid second and third pairing options in there.
All in all Montreal seems to be better at drafting and dev with later guy, options in this year's draft contain guys like Niemela, Grans, Nickl, Villeneuve, Cormier, Andrea, Viro, Bauer and Ottavainen which could all lead to solid picks. Please Montreal just take the best guy on your board (Which I know at 9 shouldn't be Sanderson and my vote goes to, Jack Quinn.