McCloughan's top draft target was Ryan Kelly

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Originally Posted by Schneed10

While I don't doubt that Kelly was a target, and probably McCloughan's prime target, I don't think that means that he necessarily had Kelly as the #1 player on the board overall.



He may have been targeting Kelly because he figured player A, B, and C would be gone by then.



The question is whether he had Kelly or Doctson rated higher on his board overall, and probably more importantly, how far apart were they?



I bet that while Kelly was a target, I bet Doctson and Kelly had almost equal grades on McCloughan's board.



I highly doubt he pounded the table in frustration when Kelly got taken, I think he knows he got a good player.

Well yeah, top target at #21 is where SM had Kelly. There's no way he had him #1 overall.