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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I'm not saying I want Fucale, but he is probably like 3 years away from seeing the NHL, and like even more until being a starter - just based on the way most goalies develop.
A lot can happen in that time. A team should not draft for current needs.
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A team most certainly should draft to current needs. You look at your prospect pool, figure out what you have a lot of and what you have none of and you draft to fill those needs. Obviously you let BPA influence your decision but if two players are considered "close", you pick the one that plays a position you need.
We need a #1C, our first selection should try to address that need. We also need D and RW. Our other two selections should try to address that. This isn't an absolute rule but at the #22 and #28 picks in this draft there are going to be multiple players that are very close in potential.
For me: If we have Fucale and Morin on the board at 22, we take Morin because we need a big, skilled Dman more than we need another goalie. And again, if we get to #28 and have Zykov and Fucale on the board, I would still pass on Fucale and take Zykov so that we can add a big skilled RW to the team.
Either way, Fucale doesn't really entice me enough to give up on Zykov or Morin (or any number of other prospects that we could select). We simply do not need a goalie and while we are rebuilding we pretty much need everything else except LW.