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Originally Posted by Bingo
Yeah that's what I was thinking.
Every team trots out the need to draft the best player available, that never goes challenged unless you want to establish the idea that the Flames (and Flames only!) have somehow created a right shooting blind spot.
Oh and I'll go back 5 drafts before the current GM was in place to start my data!
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That is funny. Teams say a lot of things.
You guys think generally organizations do not consider positional need at all?
Do you really think, all things being equal, that the guy drafted 180th overall is clearly better than the guys drafted, say, 181st through 190th (or whatever that grouping of similarly valued players is)? So they are purely taking the absolute best player available? No. They don’t even think that.
It’s kind of absurd to think organizations in general wouldn’t consider positional need when drafting.
What if Tre does think, all things being equal, centres are more valuable than RWs? So given two comparable skill level players, take the C. That could be his thinking and guidance. Wouldn’t surprise me
Because you can easily move a C to wing. Hell, the organization tried Backlund on wing
I think Tre is more of a grinder than a brilliant hockey mind. Just my opinion
Everybody agrees that drafting and developing are important. Do you think it’s coincidence that the organization has drafted disproportionately fewer goalies and RWs over a decade, and it happens to be the two positions where the organization has their challenges?
It is digging in on things like this that brings out the people who perceive others as Tre apologists