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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Moreover a first vs a second is nice but isn't really a huge deal. Drafting twenty something vs fifty something likely doesn't affect the flames long term very much. This Saturday is probably about 20 times more important.
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Yeah the lottery is perhaps more important. But which DAL pick we end up with could very much change what Treliving has to work with in addressing other parts of the roster. A 1st rounder can be more easily traded for a #1 goalie or a scoring winger. Or Treliving could package up a 2nd or two plus the 1st and get another pick in the teens and the Flames could walk with two of their top 15 rated guys. In a draft with poor depth like this one the 30 spot difference is massive. The depth in this draft falls off a cliff somewhere in the 20's.
I'd rather win one of the top 3 picks this saturday than get the DAL 1st but that doesn't mean getting the DAL 1st is insignificant.