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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think that's where the over-hype is.
The deeper you go in any draft the more they normalize. So for instance, there is no way a pick in the 40s is a good as a pick in the 20s of a normal draft. That doesn't mean there won't be good players there, because there will be.
By the time you get into the late 1st and early 2nd, a pick there might be 2-4 slots better than normal, and then it will normalize further as you go on.
Again, its a good draft for the following reasons:
- Incredible #1 overall pick. Potential generational
- Another 3 guys that would go first overall most years
- Another tier of about 10 guys that are better than most years.
It's not about the depth. It's about the guys available in the first half of the first round.
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Interesting. I don't know much about the draft but I like to read about it here and there, beyond the consensus top four picks.
I ask this question out of pure curiosity. Would you trade the 2023 2nd round pick for Filip Mesar straight up? Or either of the players taken immediately before or after? (Mesar is who the Canadiens took with the Toffoli 1st rounder from last year).