Just changing the names to show it can work the other way. Unless you (or someone else?) has a list that maps one-to-one of failures and homeruns (not that I would expect that, that would take a lot of time) sparsely picking a name here and there doesn't really prove your point.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
predicting how centers will turn out at 18 is harder and less exact than evaluating D. Always has been.
Bergeron and Kesler were the (late forwards) taken in their resepcetivedraft years
Staal worked out. But if you look at top 5 picks overall, getting the C right is far more precarious. (see Horton who is drafted next)
Also, acquiring them is easier. Spezza and Thornton come immediately to mind. Richards. Many more examples of #1 C acquired by trade or UFA than #1 Ds.
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FTR: # of C drafted in the first round the past 15 years... Daniel Tkaczuk (6th), Backlund (24th).... versus Derek Morris (13th), Phaneuf (9th), Pelech (26th), Eriksson (23rd) and Jankow this year... I don't know how you can argue one over the other very easily.