Quote:
Originally Posted by FAN
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.
|
I think you completely missed my point. Mile suggested that the best thing to do is go for BPA
and only look at each year's draft in isolation of the others.
Quote:
Originally Posted by mile
The best thing to do right now is pick the best player available and handle the situation one year at a time.
|
What I am saying is that BPA is good and all but having a long term plan is a pretty crucial step in a rebuild. If we look at every draft in isolation then everyone is going to keep saying the same things: "Select BPA regardless of position" and "get the best Center you can because Stamkos!!!".
These ideas are great and all but if all we do is keep blindly picking BPA based on what central scouting and TSN tells us then our long term plan is likely going to flop. Case in point, the Flames should probably be looking to trade away a good LW asset to get anything else simply because that is the one position that we are stacked in.
Personally, I think Ekblad is BPA so trying to acquire him is a great idea. I also think that Ekblad fills our largest weakness in the depth chart (RD) so trying to acquire him is a great idea. AND, I also think that in our long term plan, trying to get a potential #1 Dman in this year's draft is a great idea because that will allow him the extra year to develop over whoever we could pick in 2015.
If we wait until next year to grab Sean Day (LHD) we may get that #1 D but he won't fit as well with our team's needs and he will be a year behind in development. Since Dmen take longer to develop than forwards, it means that our currently exciting forward prospects will be ready to go and our D will not be.
So yeah, I hope we get Ekblad but I pray that we find a way to do so without giving up either our first this year or our first next year. Ideally we find a way to pull it off by trading away from our position of strength (LW).