I think one has to only look at the Flames 5 or so years ago. They were very deep organizationally with Iginla, Bourque, Moss and I believe Nystrom (or was that Prust - fuzzy now). Iginla with a 40+ season. Bourque with almost a 30 goal season. Moss with almost a 20 goal season. In a few short seasons, everyone except Iginla was gone, and then he too eventually got traded.
Point is, you always draft BPA. A lot can happen organizationally in the span of a few short seasons.
Even when a team finds itself pretty 'stacked' with youth at a certain position, it too can quickly evaporate. LW was looking really, really stacked for the next decade with a 2 PPG Baertschi tearing up the WHL and scoring well in his emergency call-up just turning pro, the 135lb long-shot suddenly became a can't miss player in Gaudreau (at least that worked out!), and Klimchuk was just drafted. On the roster was still a fairly dependable player in Glencross as well, and Hudler. Talk about depth!
Now, it is only Gaudreau with Klimchuk in the pipeline, and a recently acquired Shinkaruk. Things can evaporate fairly quickly.
Always BPA, and you can trade from an area of strength to shore-up an area of weakness in the long run anyways.
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