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polak · 03-02-2016, 04:27 PM

I don't know, I'll break the mold and suggest that depending on the situation, 1st rounders should sometimes be drafted by need. After the 1st round it should always be BPA since it's a total crapshoot.

When should 1st rounders be by need? When your first round picks start to stack up in one position after a few years. Then you end up like the Oilers who took the consensus BPA every year and now they have a bunch of soft but skilled forwards and the rest of team is utter trash.

So yeah, 2nd round on, BPA. 1st round, BPA unless the BPA is a position you're fairly stacked in then you should draft by need and if possible, trade down (or trade for an already drafted prospect) to do so should there not be any of those players in your range.

You shouldn't leave the composition of your roster up to blind luck by just taking the BPA regardless of position.

EDIT: I want the fins over Matthews.

03-02-2016, 04:27 PM	#15
polak In the Sin Bin Join Date: Aug 2012 Exp:	I don't know, I'll break the mold and suggest that depending on the situation, 1st rounders should sometimes be drafted by need. After the 1st round it should always be BPA since it's a total crapshoot. When should 1st rounders be by need? When your first round picks start to stack up in one position after a few years. Then you end up like the Oilers who took the consensus BPA every year and now they have a bunch of soft but skilled forwards and the rest of team is utter trash. So yeah, 2nd round on, BPA. 1st round, BPA unless the BPA is a position you're fairly stacked in then you should draft by need and if possible, trade down (or trade for an already drafted prospect) to do so should there not be any of those players in your range. You shouldn't leave the composition of your roster up to blind luck by just taking the BPA regardless of position. EDIT: I want the fins over Matthews. Last edited by polak; 03-02-2016 at 04:29 PM.