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Originally Posted by The Fonz
If we win the lottery, trade down to 2nd or 3rd. Or just take the guy we want/need in Nathan MacKinnon with the 1st overall pick.
I will have an aneurism if we take a d-man with our pick.
Here's a list of all d-men drafted in the top 10 from 2001-2010:
Gudbranson - Prospect
McIlrath - Prospect
Hedman - Top pair
Ekman-Larsson - Top pair
Cowen - Top 4
Doughty - Top pair
Bogosian - Top 4
Pietrangelo - Top pair
Schenn - Top 4
Hickey - 3rd pair
Alzer - Top 4
Ellerby - depth
E. Johnson - Top 4
J. Johnson - Top 4
Lee - depth / Bust
Barker - depth / Bust
Smid - Top 4
Valabik - Bust
Suter - Top pair
Coburn - Top 4
Phaneuf - Top 4
Bouwmeester - Top 4
Pitkanen - Top 4
Whitney - Was top 4 once, now declining
Komisarek - Was top 4 once, now declining
So what... 6 home runs there? Out of 25? 24%
We don't need an NHL player with our 1st rounder this year, we need an elite superstar. We need a new face for this franchise with the absence of Iginla.
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Not that Im saying we should take a dman but if we can land one of 17 guys that are top 4 or top pair thats not a bad thing at all. Nearly 70% success rate. With other 8% still being a prospect and 8% who used to be top 4. Thats failure rate of 15%. Not bad, how many home run dman really are there in the NHL?
I dont want a dman with out pick but wouldn't discard it either.