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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Don’t worry about Tij. Make the list. Create the tiers and go from there. It ain’t sexy, but there is decent chance the BPA will be a defenseman. Take him.
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True. Should definitely stick to the list and draft the best player available with the pick. I think the cost to get a second pick in the top 10 of the draft would be so high that, from a public/fanbase perspective, paying the price to draft Iginla would go over well both organizationally (moving up in the draft and taking the best player available) and as something for the fans to get excited about. Obviously it’s not the main reason to pay the price but under this hypothetical scenario, it’s taking a player that is ranked 9th overall with the 9th overall pick. In this hypothetical scenario, the flames would not be reaching to take him with that pick.
However, I understand your point. I, like many others on here, am probably too focused on Tij since it is very unlikely he gets drafted by the flames - he’s having a great season and keeps moving up the rankings to a spot that the flames might not be picking at. Also, the flames could definitely use some defencemen in the draft if they truly are BPA.