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Originally Posted by edslunch
Drafting is more like baseball. You hope for a home run, you expect at least a double, but even a single gets you on base. You only walk away with nothing if you strike out, though granted the strikeout rate is fairly high in the NHL draft. So Jankowski may not end up the best player ten years after the draft, may not end up being the best choice the Flames could have made, but is fairly likely to at least be playing.
I personally would have preferred they go for a surer double than swing for the fences, but I'm still rooting for him.
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I admittedly don't know anything about baseball, so help me out here with carrying your analogy a little further. I assume that the decision within the game made by the team to go for the home run or to hit a double will depend upon a variety of factors including the stage of the game, the score, and the implications from the outcome for the rest of the season, etc. Would you make the decision to go for a double in the first inning of a scoreless game with no outs, and no hitters on base?