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Old 01-18-2014, 02:24 PM   #601
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Originally Posted by nik- View Post
Scoring doesn't tell it all, but draft history sort of tells enough about the pitfalls. There's like three D men in the league who went top 5 and are worth it. The rest just aren't, and a high ratio of the highly picked D are disappointments.

I agree with going center.
For me history means squat. You take what's available now and if the best player is a defenceman, that's what you take.

Even taking history into account some of the best results the Flames have had is with picking a defenceman. Gauthier, Morris and Phaneuf were some of our better first round picks.

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