Quoting: Claesson4Norris
Lmao I get what you're saying, but you get offered 3 good picks for Bernard-Docker you don't hesitate.
I also understand what you're saying but here's the list of Sens 3rd round picks since 2000:
Jan Bohac, Neil Komadoski, Arttu Luttinen, Philippe Seydoux, Shawn Weller, Peter Regin, Jeff Glass, Vitali Anikeyenko, Eric Gryba, Kaspars Daugavins, Louie Caporusso,
Zack Smith, Jakub Culek, Chris Driedger, Jarrod Maidens, Marcus Hogberg, Miles Gendron, Leevi Merilainen, Oliver Johansson, Oskar Pettersson, Tomas Hamara
The only true successful pick here is Zack Smith. Peter Regin could have been, maybe Driedger, Merilainen and Pettersson will be but the chances that we get a prospect as good as JBD (as unspectacular as he is) are still very low, even with three 3rd round picks. If the 2024 draft is known to be very deep then maybe it's a better gamble.
I know JBD is not really the type of player fans rave about but he has ONE job : keep the puck out of the net.
He doesn't have any standout skill and he is "boring" but he can still do that job efficiently. During his rookie season in the AHL, there was a big stretch of games he wasn't on the ice for an ES goal against. That's what he can do and you need this type of player as well
They have drafted him in the first round, spent years and ressources developing him and will now start playing regularly in the NHL (1-way contract). Trading him now for meh lotto tickets would be very counter-productive. He has been in their plans for a while and the hope is that he first replaces Hamonic ehn maybe Zub if he progresses enough
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