My philosophy for this team, after watching this first season, will be simple. I will try to build an offensive team with a good goalie. I will try to find a goalie in free agency. But this is why I picked most of the players I picked.
So, for Smilanic, he has good offensive skills, solid mental skills, good faceoff guy for a center, and has good speed. Hoping he'll develop into a solid top 6 center for us. Same for 2nd round pick Colangelo... good offense and speed. Hoping, again, he can be a top 6 guy. Would be even better if I could pair him and Smilanic together and they could get great chemistry going. Staios had 61 points in 62 games as a defenseman.... that's offensive enough for me
He's also got some speed and good mental stuff... and again with our 4th round pick... good offensive abilities plus good speed.
Granted 14 is not great, but these guys should all develop, and I'm HOPING they'll develop those skills that are already good. I will try to invest in the best offensive coaches I can find.
To finish up my assessment of the draft... Bakanov has good offensive numbers, good speed, and some good defensive qualities like read, positioning, and checking. Schingoethe was the last 2.5 potential player left, so I grabbed him while he was still available. He's average all around. While Oden's upside is below par, his current is very good. He has 16 shooting accuracy, 15 in read and puckhandling, and 14 or 13 elsewhere. 14 speed and 16 acceleration as well. Lastly is Slaggert, who is not great anywhere but is 12 or 13 literally everywhere.
Next up free agency.