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Originally Posted by icecube
I just wanna say that if we are fortunate enough to get a top three pick, we cannot go wrong with any of the top 3 ranked guys- And if you actually get mad that we pick Jones instead of a forward you're a ######.
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Look at the impact defensemen in the league drafted top 3. There aren't many. In fact Drew Doughty might be the only one left right now and Chris Pronger the other. Elite scoring talent is harder to aquire later than elite defensemen. Draft BPA but given a roughly equal top 3 go with the center. Most of the defensemen taken in the top 3 do not become elite talents. We have one of them on our team right now.
Now we need a top pairing defensemen but for me even Barkov vs Jones would be a toss up. I agree that you should never draft on need but we need to factor in the difficulty to draft that position and probabilty that the player meets his potential into the equation in addition to raw skill.