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Old 07-11-2014, 11:56 PM   #175
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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen View Post

The 2013 was a great and talented draft by all accounts, it was going to come down to preference (maybe even need in regards to Nurse and Edmonton) once you fall below the 6th pick, in my opinion. I'd say the Oilers still pick Nurse because they want a defenseman and Bennett isn't that clear of an upgrade, it wasn't like MacKinnon had fallen to them. So 8-12 is where he would have gone in my opinion.
I doubt Bennett would have even fallen past 6th to begin with - The top 3/4 in 2014 may not be as good as the top 4 in 2013, but it is probably slightly better than the next tier (Lindholm, Monahan+....) in 2013.
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