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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
What makes you think that?
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predicting how defensemen will turn out at 18 is harder and less exact than evaluating forwards. Always has been.
Weber and Keith were the 13th and 14th d-men taken in their resepcetivedraft years (I might have that reversed).
Doughty worked out. But if you look at top 5 picks overall, getting the d-men right is far more precarious.
Also, acquiring them is easier. Neidermeyer and Chara come immediately to mind. Pronger. Many more examples of #1 D acquired by trade or UFA than #1 Cs.