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Originally Posted by albertGQ
Hunter Smith was passed by all teams for 7 rounds in 2013. Sucks that we picked him with a 2nd rounder in 2014. At least that was the Berra pick (I think?) so it wasn't too bad. But would've loved to have a serviceable NHLer picked in the 2nd round
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The fact he was passed over doesn't bother me at all. There have been a lot of good players that have not been drafted in there first year of eligibility. The issue was more the type of player being picked: big and not skilled.
My approach to the draft would be home run swings in every round. Those are the franchise changing picks. So take your swings. I would be asking my scouts to describe if they could see their player playing in the top of our line-up, or being an impact on the roster. In the later rounds the chances of that would be far slimmer but I'll still take a guy who has a 10% chance of being an impact player over a guy that has a 50% chance of being a 4th liner.
Draft for upside. Each pick. Every round.