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3rd Rd picks are over rated; lets look at both Oilers and Hawks 3rd Rd picks selection between 2015-2019.
2015 -
Oilers; Dennis Yan,
Hawks; Dennis Gilbert.
Close but no Dennis Savard.
2016 -
Oilers; Markus Niemeläinen,
Hawks; Wouter Peeters.
Found a 7th-8th Dman, congrats.
2017 -
Oilers; Dmitri Samorukov,
Hawks; Keith Petruzzelli.
break out wikipedia, never heard of these 2.
2018 -
Oilers; Jordan Harris,
Hawks; Jake Wise.
umm....ok.
2019 -
Oilers; John Ludvig,
Hawks; Nathan Légaré.
err....nope.
Did I prove my point yet about 3rd Rd picks being over rated ?
That's 10 players and we've managed to find only 1 part time NHL'er.