I think people expected Toews to be a stud, even as a frosh, but not Oshie simply because he was coming straight from HS.
I remember some posters commenting that he should have spent a year in juniors first.
I don't think the Andy Murray situation is a big deal at all. I highly doubt that he "pulled" Brady out from UND simply because he thought that Hakstol couldn't coach his kid, while Blais could. Brady had a loophole that expired that year that gave him a shot at playing professional hockey after a frustrating season in which he was injured for a good chunk of the time. I don't read any more into it than that. Maybe Andy was upset with how Brady's injury was handled and advised Jordy to not go to UND...that's alright...UW needs those forward recruits far more than what we do.
Hakstol has landed some great recruits that are coming in (Kristo, Cichy, Mattson, Forbort...not to mention players in this year's frosh class), and he will land great ones in the future. Andy's "insider influence" isn't going to change that.