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Originally Posted by sureLoss
FWIW I always found Hurricanes owner Dundon's philosophy on not drafting defencemen in the first round interesting. He feels that is easier to acquire defencemen in trades/free agency/later rounds than elite offensive talent.
I am really curious to see how that works out for the Canes.
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Flames have done better picking defensemen outside the 1st round in recent history. Fox, Andersson, Kylington > Valimaki. After that the last defenseman they picked in the 1st round is that Tom guy who busted. Unless the defenseman is extremely skilled I would rather take a skilled forward high as it seems like they translate a bit better.