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Originally Posted by Mike F
Weber was the 14th defenseman taken that draft year, and 9 other teams passed over him after Calgary drafted Ramholt, including Tampa who drafted defenseman Matt Smaby and San Jose who took defenseman Matt Carle.
Weber just wasn't as good a prospect in anyone's book as his future development says he should have been.
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Kelowna is basically our back yard when it comes to scouting worldwide talent. Regardless of what other teams did in those few picks between, we should NOT have gambled on a player a third the globe away when the focus at that time was Western Canadians. That is the anomoly.
In the blink of an eye, and right or wrong, that shift from a WC focus cost us dearly.