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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
This 1000 percent. I don't want to see safe picks anymore at least to a certain degree. You can always get those bottom 6 depth guys, those bottom pairing D in other ways. The draft should be all about going for the highest end available talent at the time of the pick. We've been seeing this the last few years from our scouting team and its been refreshing. It will be even more rewarding if a couple of those swings turn out to clear the fence.
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How do you define talent though?
Is it puckhandling and shooting? Skating?
Seems like you are advocating for "hands" at the draft.
That can pay off, but there are a lot of guys in the NHL with average hands, that are better then their more "skilled" peers.
If you avoid the safe pick, you probably never find a Kesler or an O'Reilly in the draft.