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Originally Posted by Psytic
Its not that they "dont turn out". Its that the alternative tends to be a heck of alot better. We are talking opportunity cost. Hedman or Tavares?? Ill take Tavares. Doughty or Stamkos?? Ill take Stamkos. Kane or Hickey? Ill take Kane. It just seems that the forwards are still a better choice. Its harder to find elite scoring forwards in later rounds but its easier to find a top dman.
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Seems like you're using some bizarre scenarios. Tavares and Stamkos were both pretty close to consensus picks. So the question wasn't Hedman vs Tavares. It was Hedman vs Duchesne. The question wasn't Doughty vs Stamkos. It was Doughty vs Bogosian vs Pietrangelo vs Filatov vs Wilson vs Schenn.
It isn't like Bennett or Reinhart is the consensus #1 pick like Stamkos and Tavares were. So your scenarios don't really reflect history or the choice we will have.