Originally Posted by
patsdude114
Its a risk every team takes when they have a player drafted in the 1st round of the NHL draft. Sometimes drafting too good at the bantam draft is just as bad as not drafting good enough. In the 2009 Bantam Draft it was the year of the top 4 defensemen (Pouliot, Reilly, Reinhart, Dumba) 2 of which have already played in the NHL...top 3 forwards in that draft were Stephenson, Winther, Rankin.
Look at when RD drafted RNH played what 2yrs for them and off to the NHL they would of been better off drafting Rattie, Siemens, St. Croix or McNeill & got 4yrs out of them. You guys would of gotten 3yrs out of Reilly had he not gotten a serious injury, but then again had he not gotten that serious injury maybe the Leafs would of kept him up at age 18 instead of 19