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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
its a balancing act... BT will pick based on who is available, but my concern is looking at the roster.
the defense has 3 D under 22 who are in the NHL with Hanifin, Andersson and Valimaki and a 4th on the verge in Ksylington.
when i look at the forwards, i don't see a lot... you have Dube? not sure who else there is outside of that...
my preference is choosing a forward, but it depends on who is available at that pick
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You've gotta give huge props to these scouts who have been dialled in with the Euro defensemen (Valimaki, Anderson, Kylington). I hope they pick a forward with the 26th overall too though, as we desperately need some more guys making a push for spots during our window to win. If we end up picking a D though, it'd have to be a guy who fell way further than they expected.
Every draft is different but almost every year there's a big run on Defensemen towards the middle/later half of the 1st round. I think there's at LEAST one forward pushed down to 26 who's ranked higher.
I'm hoping for one of Tomasino, Hoglander or Poulin with pick 26