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Originally Posted by Fire
I don't think that's necessarily true. Teams do have a 50 contract limit and limited room on the farm team for players. I would prefer they keep the pick and go for quality over quantity.
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I agree with this. For development, you can't just load up on average prospects in one given year. You need to stagger them a little to have sustainable growth.
You also really need to nab a blue chipper once in a while and it is simply easier to do earlier in the draft. It is so extremely rare nowadays for a core type of player to become a free agent... you have to draft them.
I guess I just don't buy the "ledge" argument. I have trouble believing that a team would have 5 or so prospects all ranked exactly equal. It might come down to minor differences or gut feelings, but if pressed, I am sure they could rank those 5 against each other.
This is exactly the kind of draft that you want to trade up in if anything. I find it more palatable to trade down in weaker drafts where you just want to throw a bunch of darts at the wall and hope to hit something. In a draft like this one, I think there is a good case to be made for drafting with precision.