Definitely think there were contextual factors at play here beyond best player available.
It's more along the lines of best player available for us.
Younger players are having more control in where they play. I'm sure that applies to top prospects as well.
Calgary is probably extremely cautious of who they draft right now, especially when it comes to American/College players.
I also think that management had it in mind that we needed to add some skilled forwards with size.
I think if Yager or Danielson got to us we may have gone that direction.
At the end of the day it's still a bit of a crapshoot. Better prospects end up busting all the time and guys selected in the 20's pop off and become top line players.
They just make the best educated guess they can based on what they know.
It's not like Honzek was a reach so at this point I'm pretty optimistic about it. Thought it was a good draft overall
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