i would love to see the first forward and first defenceman picked in each draft where both are selected in the top 3, and play the "which would you have picked" game.
screw it, let's see how this goes if we go back about 10 years:
2013: Mackinnon(1) / Jones(4th) -> too soon
2012: Yakupov(1) / Murray(2nd) -> too soon
2011: Hopkins(1) / Larsson(4th) -> forward
2010: Hall(1) / Gudrabson(3) -> forward
2009: Tavares(1) / Hedman(2) -> forward
2008: Stamkos(1) / Doughty(2)... (interesting, Bogosian(3), Pietrangelo(4), Schenn(5)) -> forward, but damn it's close. great year for dmen.
2007: P.Kane(1) / Hickey(4) -> forward
2006: E. Johnson(1) / J.Staal(2)... (interesting, Toews(3)) -> forward
2005: Crosby(1) / J.Johnson(3) -> forward
2004: Oveckin(1) / Barker(3) -> forward
2003 ignored as that draft was just unreal......
not sure if this really means anything, as it's a very limited analysis in longevity or depth into the draft (ie. would love to analyze all the top F vs top C drafted up)... but in any case, i think your just playing the odds better by going for the concensus top forwards rather than dmen.
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