from Mitch Brown of The Athletic,
At this time last year, the Detroit Red Wings nabbing Filip Zadina at sixth overall seemed ludicrous. For most of his draft year, Zadina seemed like a lock to go top-three. He destroyed the international circuit; he was one of the top scorers in the QMJHL, and he had been hyped as a top talent for half a decade.
I bought the hype. I even published an article titled, Why Filip Zadina is the draft’s premier NHL-ready sniper. Yeahhhhh, that didn’t work out so well. Detroit decided he wasn’t so NHL-ready after all, sending him to AHL Grand Rapids for most of the season.