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Old 07-02-2013, 10:20 AM   #414
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
TSN is terrible that way. They try to sensationalize "off the board" picks like it's a huge deal, and of course, fans eat it up. I could see it if it was a top 5 or 10 pick and we went off the board, but after the 20th pick, there is a lot of hair splitting on the next 30 to 40 players... especially this year I imagine with the depth that there was. It's very easy to over look players in that range.
I think rankings are analogous to navigating by dead reckoning. The further you get from certainty (be it the #1 overall pick or your place of origin) the higher the potential error.

#4 on a draft list could be selected anywhere from #2 to #6 without a lot of surprise.

If #46 on a list is picked anywhere from #23 to #69, it isn't "off the board"
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