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Originally Posted by The Fonz
It just reinforces to me that you want to be drafting western Canadian players out of the WHL - I just feel more confident in what they are, and will be. I’m aware that’s just my own bias. European players playing in European leagues scare the shyt out of me.
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That's how the Flames wasted a lot of their best picks in the later 1990s.
The WHL accounts for no more than 20% of all players in the draft. If you are restricting your draft pool to that 20%, and every other team is picking from 100%, your team is going to be worse.