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Originally Posted by TurdFerguson
I get that, but is the line of thinking really "if we blow this pick and the kid is Russian we really have nothing...so we better take a NA player because at least he will have some value if he busts". I really don't see teams looking at top draft picks that way. Maybe I'm just missing something...
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you're right, team's can't look at it that way.
I just get the feeling that NA born players will be willing to suck it up and linger around in the hopes that they get the opportunity to become full time NHL'ers.
I think with the Russian players, their is a bigger risk of player's leaving when things aren't going well.
If we weren't Calgary, we were a bigger market like toronto, ny, la, chicago, then i think the risk is lower, but calgary is still considered a smaller market, and not necessarily a prime destination.