Stebro said:I just think that they have better staff.
First of all, what does any of that have to do with the situation now?
Second, two years before that the Leafs drafted Kaberle pretty late, honestly not that it matters.
Third, if the Detroit scouting staff had any idea that those players would become part of the bedrock of the team, don't you think they would have been taken just a little higher?
I think Detroits system has been pretty good over the years, better than most sure, pointing to those two as evidence of much more than luck doesn't ring true to me. The 4 picks taken before Pavel never played a game in the NHL and from what I can tell Detroit counted on the draft so much that the next year they didn't even have a pick until the 4th round, he never played a game in the NHL, neither did the guy from the next round and the guy from the 6th round played all of 32 games in his career, all for Columbus.