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Old 08-06-2013, 07:36 PM   #11
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I wonder how much their choices are varied by their subconscious realization that they aren't going to get Monahan at the 11 spot, so they drop him down. In that way they can feel satisfied with Morin at 11 and brag that they had him ranked much higher. Feaster plays something of the same game and it's amazing how much the teams differ in their rankings but the draft comes out more or less the way it's expected. Of course Nashville can legitimately claim they were surprised to get Jones but most teams are probably deluding themselves and their fans.
When you look at prospects like Monahan, Gauthier and Horvat all being relatively low, it's probably more to do with the Flyers valuing other prospects, primarily defensemen more unless they were too good to ignore like Barkov.
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