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Originally Posted by corporatejay
I would say top end NHL picks are more valuable because there are really only 3 positions (outside of goalie). So if you are picking fourth, you might be getting the second best defenseman in the draft.
In the NFL you could be picking 15th and get the best quarterback or the best tackle, safety etc...because everyone's needs are so much different.
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Individual teams has specific needs, but aggregately, you get to the same place.
And your argument is flawed because, while the NFL has more positions, and thus, more different needs, it also has fewer teams requiring that specific need, by definition. In other words, that balances out.
In the NHL, there are fewer positions but that means there are more teams with that specific need.
Again, step back and think big picture. Aggregately, in any situation, there will be a best, most skilled, followed by a 2nd, followed (more closely) by a third, and as you go down the list, the gaps between the next get smaller and the quantity of comparables goes up.
It is simple statistics.