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Originally Posted by Wolven
Yes you can. You might not assume that we get Mcdavid specifically but you can definitely plan on addressing our hole in our D prospects now and plan on addressing additional depth at forward in the future. In fact, most would argue that long term plan is the whole point of upper management and they would be smart to factor in basic concepts like development time.
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I think you are slightly confused with what Mile said and you two are talking about different things. Mile is saying "you can't" in support of the theory that you draft the BPA regardless of positional needs. You are saying "you can" from an ability standpoint where teams can and likely often do draft someone based on positional needs.
Let's face it, positional needs and overall blueprint do factor into the draft. Treliving has said that he will continue to draft BPA instead of drafting based on position, yet he also believes in building from the back out and having strength down the middle.
Personally, I still see the cupboard as still pretty bare and the team is in no position to be looking at positional strength right now. You draft the BPA available and if Ekblad happens to be who scouts think as the BPA in this draft and he fills a positional need then ya you look into trading up to get him.