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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Not sure what you mean here. Scouts would rather have more picks. You don't spread your staff thin by having more picks. The scouts make a list. By being able to pick more players on that list you have more chances at landing impact NHLers.
Do you have any data to support this conclusion you've drawn? Sounds like a load of hogwash to me.
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Look for situations on hockeydb where teams have a ton of picks in any particular year - almost invariably, little comes of it.
An example from memory is Chicago the year they drafted Toews - I think they had 6 picks in the top 100 and other than Toews (who was a slam dunk lottery pick) they got nothing else out of it. If you look, you will find that happens surpsisingly often.
What I mean by spreading the scouting staff thin is that they will follow certain players that tehy are interested in. They can only handle so many. And with a whole bunch of extra picks, teams will end up making selections without having done their due diligence.
Keep in mind, I am not talking about 1 or 2 extra picks, I am talking about multiple extra picks. IT can become a waste.