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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I probably do, but I think that should be understandable.
I like it when teams go for homeruns at the draft. Why draft for 3rd and 4th line players when these are generally players you can pick up for free in free agency?
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I agree to a point too, and I think picks like Gaudreau and Granlund are good examples of it, but their needs to be balance and occasionally you need to draft some guys that can fill out the bottom lines too.
The ability to just pick up good 3rd and 4th liners in the cap era is overstated.
Guys like Bickell, Clifford, King, Bouma that actually help you win are hard to find via free agency.
And if you do if you pick them up in free agency it means you are spending $1.5 to $2 million on guys that fill your bottom lines.
However if you draft them they usually cost you league minimum.
Look at all the Stanley cup winning rosters in the cap era, the 3rd and 4th lines and bottom pairing are usually drafted players.