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Originally Posted by polak
Exactly, so wouldn't you want to draft by position for the player that has a good chance of fitting into that hole in your team? If you're the Oilers (haha loser) and there's a projected top pairing D available, you're going to take a center just cause they're the BPA?
Whereas in the later rounds, why limit your already slim chances of an NHL player by playing picky choosy based on need?
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What I'm saying is that if you're in that situation you can you trade down, or draft then trade. That's how you preserve the value of your pick.
In the late rounds, all picks have roughly equal value so you're not really losing anything if you pick for position. But it's still harder to do.