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Originally Posted by lanny9
Again have to really disagree, you have a road map and you follow it! If you can't see what your prospects are capable of, nor have the ability to see what you will need in 3-4 years then you have no place in a scouting department nor in management.
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OK, smart guy, who will be the #1 goalie of the Flames in three or four years? Is it a player who is in the organization now? If so, which one?
Who will be the #1 centre in four years? Which, if any, of the Flames’ current prospects not only have the potential to play that role, but will actually fulfil that potential?
The fact is that you don’t know, and neither does anyone. Hockey people are not psychic. Their failure to be psychic does not make them stupid. Your expecting them to be, on the other hand, might not be the smartest idea going.
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This is how the good teams seem to stay near the top for so long, they don't draft for instant gratification but for the long term glory, one way equals success the other way equals the oilers!
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And that is WHY you don’t draft for organizational need. BPA = long term. Organizational need = looking at today’s depth chart.
You want to talk about the Oilers? They needed a big centre (organizational need), so they took Leon Draisaitl and put him right into the NHL lineup. He is completely lost out there. This year is probably a lost year for his development, and he may never catch up to where he would have been if he had stayed in junior and got top minutes and good coaching.
Now, the consensus BPA at that time was Sam Bennett. If the Oilers had drafted Bennett and then signed a free agent to plug the hole short-term, is there any doubt that they would be better off, both now and in the future?