There’s choosing off the board, and then there’s what the Colorado Avalanche did at the 2016 NHL Draft. Already by the third round I had no idea who it was the team was picking.
Actually, their second round pick, Cameron Morrison, was a player I was hoping they’d select in the third round. At least I though he’d make a good selection for the Avalanche.
Some Colorado fans think the team is selecting with advanced stats in mind. As the prospects chosen in the 2016 NHL draft won’t make much of a splash in the NHL for a couple years, if at all, we’ll have to wait to see if that strategy worked out well for the Avalanche.