Edited Oct. 23, 2021 at 11:18 p.m.
Going into the draft Lundell is who I wanted too. But that was strictly because I never thought we'd have a shot in hell at getting Rossi where we were slotted.
I've always liked Lundell, he had the best faceoff skills out of any center prospect coming out of the draft that year. Which is something that I knew we needed badly with Koivu on his way off the roster.
But do you know who had the 2nd best faceoff skills in that draft?
Rossi.
Lundell has shot up many people list after the draft, but Rossi is easily
the better and more skilled center long term. And look, I get that you have made it abundantly clear you hate smaller players in the past. But **** happens and you just have to get over it, because it is far too damn early to be moaning about certain prospects this early into their careers. They're not even into their primes yet.
If I could redraft, I still take Rossi 1,000,000/1,000,000 times there over Lundell everytime.