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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
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.
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.
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Calgary's experience is irrelevant. Also, we have been talking about lottery picks, not first rounders (different conversation).
Here are the players taken top 3 since 2000 by position (C F D G):
Spezza.....Heatley......Bouwmeester...DiPietro
Svitov......Gaborik.....Barker.............Lehtone n
Staal E.....Kovalchuk..Johnson J........Fleury
Horton.....Nash.........Johnson E
Malkin.....Ovechkin....Doughty
Crosby.....Ryan.........Bogosian
Staal J.....Kane.........Hedman
Toews.....JVR...........Gudbranson
Turris......Hall...........Murray
Stamkos..Landeskog
Tavares...Yakupov
Duchene
Seguin
RNH
Huberdeau
Galchenyuk
Out of 16 Cs, one failure (Russian!) and one or two guys that aren't first liners.
Out of the forwards, no misses.
Out of the D, one star and 3 or 4 top pair guys, but other than Doughty, any of them could be easily replaced with a UFA.
Goalies - don't even think about it!
IMO, there is no contest. If you have a lottery pick, you go with the forward.