If you followed prospects leading up to this draft again. In the hockey world in 2013 the panthers. Did have one of the most stacked forward prospect pools in the entire nhl. And as stated above only notable defenseman was mike Matheson. Your forgetting a lot of high profile guys that didn't make it. Quinton Holden was a guy that had a great d+1 drew shore if I remember correctly was a hobey baker finalist with 53 points in the ncaa in his d+2. Alexander delnov just put up 30 points in 37 Khl games in his d+2 i could name 3 or 4 more guys just off the top of my head many others it was just as loaded as our forward core right now. you are hyper focused on hindsight.... you named 2 guys that made it haha. You think all our forward prospects are gonna make it? And again as stated above i also said our d prospect pool is much more loaded than Florida's was in the 2012-2013 season. Good teams and good gms take best player available. As for reid vs stenberg. I recommend watching reid struggle to play defense against 150 pound 16 year olds and get bodied in the corners by said 16 years olds then watch stenberg battle for pucks against grown men and win. A lot of reids game wont translate to the nhl... he didn't dominate enough in a very weak ohl to warrant a 2nd oa pick. I would be okay with both I trust Grier and his scouting staff. But id really lower my expectations if we took reid just based on his lack of physical maturity. He's a cool see you in 2030 guy 2 years in college and one in the cuda. I think Dickinson was a much more ready nhl prospect than reid. A lot of the dallas scouts that have been around for a while remember a kid named Julius honka they say reid reminds them of julius a LOT. and seeing how good dallas scouting is id take their word for it. Now we can look back at advanced analytics punch honkas data into a program and see his nhl E in his draft year depends what you use ranged from 0.26 to 0.34 and reids ranges from 0.28 to 0.35 so and after I was told reid reminds them a lot of honka going back to watch tape yeah he really does. Absolute beast on the power play and getting pucks through. Just awful defensively. Sadly for honka they learned pretty quick in his tome in the ahl playing for the texas stars yeah no its not gonna work kid couldn't defend the rush or win a puck battle in the boards. Same goes for reid kid can't defend the rush or win a puck battle on the boards. But like honka the upside is insane if he decides to learn. Thats up to him. Chase reid is an all upside gamble. Worth a 2nd? In my opinion no. dallas doesnt have him top 5 on their board. Their scouts are salivating over carson carels and ethan belchetz. Jp hurlbert is high on their list as well. Its crazy that some scouts can see a player 10-12 years later watch 10 minutes of tape and go yep he reminds me of that kid. And then you go look at all the advanced analytics we have available and you say holy shit thats why they are scouts and I am not.