So you are saying they reached for the wrong player?
Future Considerations had Beecher 33 and Pinto outside the top 100
Hockeys prospect had neither rated in top 31
Craig Button had Pinto 40 and Beecher 45
Bob mcKezie had Beecher 41 and Pinto 45
CSS did have Pinto at 28th among North american Skaters and beecher much lower. 28-49
Wheeler at the Athletic had Pinto 50 and Beecher 98
My point is both players would have been considered reaches at 30 and 32 respectively. So far Ottawa's reach has worked out much better than Bostons reach
If you've looked at what I said, I haven't used ratings from FC or Craig Button to make my argument. What' I've consistently said is:
How did that player do against his same age peers?
Did he put up a decent number of pts (I'd say close to ppg for guys in USHL, CHL, J20, Finnish Jr and MHL in Russia... for US high school or Canadian junior leagues like the BCHL it better be OVER a ppg. For guys in college it's a different thing, same for Euros playing in men's leagues.
Ok, so how did Pinto and Beecher compare?
In their draft years, in the same league (USHL):
Pinto 1.05
Beecher .74
Of course pts aren't everything. Plenty of little guys have lit up the WHL for example or poor skating but goot shot QMJHL guys. But Pinto is 6'2 and in the same league. Even if I think Beecher is better defensively, if I'm drafting, I'm going to be on the skilled guy more often than not. There are occasions when I might not, but Beecher wouldn't have been one.
But to be honest, I probably would've taken Arthur Kalieyv. Take that for whatever it's worth.