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Originally Posted by dammage79
Well duh. It still doesn't make sense. The math doesn't work. And I feel I have to reiterate very clearly I like Juolevi. On paper it doesn't make sense to me that the Flames would prefer him to other players who have a different skillset yet are equivalent to him. When that dimension would make the team tougher to play against. Sergachev to me would be the better fit given there less of his type in the stable.
And if BPA is BPA, Nylander still has the greatest skillset put of them all. So again it doesn't make sense. And don't give me the size argument.
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Well if they feel Juolevi is flat out the best defenseman in this draft it doesn't really matter what style he plays. Lets say they project him as a #1/2 defenseman. If they project Chychrun and Sergachev as #2/3 defensemen then you take Juolevi regardless of style. That's what BPA means.
As for Nylander, we've seen Burke himself say that if two players are close then they'll take Defense over Centres and Centres over Wingers. So yeah, Nylander is very skilled and is probably in our top 10. But a finesse winger is the least important position in hockey so you'll take a potential top pairing dman over it every day of the week regardless of your depth chart. That's what BPA means. A top pairing dman is worth way more than a 1st line finesse winger. You take the most valuable asset.
I mean how many times have you seen me argue that the Flames are likely to have a defenseman in their top 6 because they value defensemen more than other teams do? Dmen are going to be higher for the Flames because philosophically they value them more highly than some other teams do.
How does it not make sense? You've read my arguments as to why it makes sense for like the last month. Guess I did a really poor job explaining my argument?