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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
To be Devil’s advocate – here’s why I would argue picking the best goalie late in the first is good value.
Basically the idea is to take advantage of trends with drafting. So if teams are shying away from Russians and Goalies – allowing them to drop below where they would have been drafted say a decade ago – you end up getting a better asset from that draft position.
The Flames need to take some risks. They are one of the most asset-weak organizations in the league if you look across the entire system.
They need to be bold.
If they think the Russian is a franchise player – take him at 6.
If they think Fucale is a franchise goalie – take him later in the 1st.
Being conservative isn’t going to help this organization.
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Neither is being stupid. Any other draft prior to this one, it would have made more sense to take a big swing to see if Nichushkin pans out. If there's one position that the Flames have prospect strength (or at least perceived strength) it's the goalie position. I'm all for BPA, except for Russian players with dodgy KHL ties and goalies in the first round.
I'm not arguing to target players with grinder upside (Nystrom, Chucko, etc), but being bold, for me, doesn't mean rolling the dice in the most important draft for the Flames in 20 years (ever?) on Nichushkin and a freaking goalie. Goalies are like RBs in the NFL - except for the few stars (AP) you can get great value at any point in the draft ...or even after (Arian Foster).