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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
I thought that either van or edm would have to draft a dman, just based on their organizational draft charts...so felt relatively good that we'd get Tkachuck...
Of course i got a little nervous when the Oilers drafted, yet another, forward... but I was ecstatic with Vancouver's decision...
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Yep, totally agreed.
In fact I argued pretty hard on hfboards van forum before the draft that they couldn't afford to draft a 4th winger in the first round in the past 4 years when wing is the least important position in the league. Made a ton of sense for Van to draft a dman after taking Shinkaruk, Virtanen and Boeser. Of course the Virtanen pick is the real mistake so far IMO.
Rebuilding teams need to find top 3 defencemen in the draft and it's hard to find them outside the 1st. VAN really needed to get a top 3 defenceman or a top line centre out of that draft. You can't build a team around wingers.