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Originally Posted by FAN
Okay you lost me there. Choosing the BPA requires neglecting factors such as positional need. Yakupov was the consensus BPA. The problem is that the Oilers didn't need Yakupov. What the Oilers should have done was to trade down or trade away one of their young wingers to address team needs. Dean Lombardi was on the verge of losing his job when the Kings won the Cup. Why? Because Lombardi loved hoarding draft picks and patiently waiting for them to develop. Eventually he had to trade his bluechip prospect Schenn for immediate help.
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I don't know that I would agree that Yakupov was the consensus BPA. That draft seemed to have a lot of disagreement in terms of who teams would take at the top. Some teams liked Murray, others Galchenyuk, and even the Leafs are on record saying Reilly was #1 for them.
Yakupov was far from a consensus #1.