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Originally Posted by MattyC
What things can go wrong with a dman that cant with any other player?
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not enough d-men are drafted first overall to give a good comparison, but look at this list and tell me how many franchise defencement came out of first pick vs. forwards:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...HL_draft_picks
I dunno what it is, but the d guys that you're really able to build around seem to come in later in the draft, indicating to me that scouts consider them riskier, much like goalies.