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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Because a team is far more likely to draft an NHL skater in the early rounds than in the later. Therefore, if you use one of your early picks on a goaltender, you then use a later pick on a skater.
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I agree with this partially but at the same time I don't think a general statement like this always works. Just because most of the time goaltenders are a crap shoot and many are drafted in later rounds doesn't mean say Carey Price didn't deserve to be picked 5th overall. Obviously that's how talented he was or was viewed. So if the Flames scouts create a list and feel certain players should be ranked in certain positions I think their just going based on the specific players talent in relation to the rest of the draft. That's how it should be. Statistics only mean so much because every single draft is drastically different. Some people think dmen are way more risky with high picks but look at the 2008 draft. Doughty, Bogosian, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Myers, Karlsson were all drafted in top 15. If you look at the forwards after Stamkos there isn't really anything that great. Filatov, Wilson, Boedker, Bailey, Hodgson, Beach. If a team went by the rationale that forwards are a lot safer picks someone could have made a massive mistake. I think teams just have to rank players according to who they think are the best and go off that. Having other things make your decisions will probably result in you missing out on some solid players.