http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=7...etails=2-29342
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"The one thing that Dale does very well is he interacts with his scouting staff both pro and amateur with regard to what's coming up the pipeline and he does a great job managing the assets that we put forth to him," Luce told NHL.com. "There's no question that if the right deal were to come along Dale would definitely pull the trigger, but it will be a high price because it's the first overall pick.
"In the end it all comes down to basic asset management and Dale said that the pick is available for the right price. So we'll listen to the offers and see if the right price does come along."
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"There's a lot of excitement in South Florida for this selection and what we could possibly bring to the organization and add to our already deep depth of prospects," Luce said.
He was asked the type of approach the organization will take.
"Once we put together a final list we draw various lines in the list to make a notation that at certain points in the draft this player is the best available and if he's on the board we'll select him because that's the proper asset-management move," Luce said. "We'll also have a select list for position and needs in the organization and we usually get to those in the mid-rounds when we start looking at what we have in the system, what's coming and who we need to sign.
"At some point Dale will ask, 'I'd really like to get position X type of player,' and we'll go to that list and say, 'OK, this guy is available.' Then it's up to myself and the scouting staff to say that we can take him now or maybe the next round, but we manage the list in that way so it's never just one strategy."
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Interesting sounds like Dale Tallon drafts for position and not necessarily BPA.
Also article talks about how the Panthers came to decide on Barkov at #2