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Old 01-24-2016, 11:15 AM   #463
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Originally Posted by Flamescuprun2018 View Post
Some leeway yes but in a draft where you have Matthews, Tkachuk and Puljujarvi as alternatives. Why take the chance? Multiple psychologist visits is a big red flag.

Puljujarvi's WJC numbers are up there with Jagr, Gretzky and Lindros at age 17. That's who I would pick.
Agreed.

If you are drafting a player in a later round that likely won't play in the NHL until their early 20s, I think you can gamble more on attitude issues and hope you can guide them.

But if you are drafting a player early in the 1st round that will likely be playing in the bigs sooner rather than later, you might not have that luxury.
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