Pretty much, they generally haven't picked defensemen in very high positions with the only top 10 selections being Juolevi being Herter (8th), Brad Ferrence (10th), Bryan Allen (4th), and Luc Bourdon (10th). Maybe using higher selections has a higher risk of not paying off, but the approach that the team had been going with for the past 35 years hasn't been working either.
Although anyone with eyes could tell you that Tkachuk is a hell of a hockey player.
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