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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
Late to the party on this one but that's what a drive on the Coquihalla in April will do.
Anton Slepyshev - why did we not burn a 7th round pick on him? I get the KHL thing and our depth at LW but if you can get 1st round talent in the 7th round, why not take a flyer? Too often this happens (Tanner Pearson goes undrafted two drafts then is taken in 1st round last year). We need scouts to push for players like Slepyshev so we get immense talent in round 7 instead of these guys going back into the draft. It's outside the box thinking which should suit Feaster fine as he's not adverse to this (see best players outside NHL - Cervenka and best goalies outside NHL - Ramo, Berra for examples).
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Its not like only Calgary passed on Slepyshev. Who knows why everyone passed on him. Maybe its KHL reasons, maybe its the fact that his game doesn't translate to the NHL style. The other thing is that the Flames wanted to make every one of their picks count. DeBlouw seems to have had a good freshman year and maybe he can become a valuable player down the road.
I would definitely agree with you on taking Drouin over Barkov if you think he's a better player. You can't be picking based on positional needs. Should always be BPA when you have holes everywhere.