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Originally Posted by #-3
Morin is kind of a strange. It seems he is ranked anywhere from 12th - 36th. I would put him in the later catagory. And I think he would be a steal with the Pit pick. But I don't see why you would stretch for him just because of his size.
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Big d-men with skating don't usually last long. And many teams have reached for them in the past (Valabik, Mezei, Kudroc, Wishart, etc.)
In my time of following the draft over the past 15 years I'd say d-men with size usually go a bit higher than expected, so do top line centres, and sometimes goalies do as well.
Morin had such a great end to the year and has such big potential that I see someone stepping up sooner rather than later to take him.
D-men went super high last year, most of the top 10 was d-men. I don't see guys like Nurse, Zadorov, Morin and Ristolainen falling outside the top 20 although I'd love if one of them was available for the STL pick. Fans and some media tend to get fixated on forwards because scoring is sexy but make no mistake about the fact that scouts will be falling in love with the d-men too.