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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
But it ignores the fact that #1 centres are the hardest piece to get in the NHL, followed by #1 dmen.
"just draft one in the later rounds" is not a strategy.
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I would say that teams should never really on getting an elite center anywhere except the top of the draft.
Out of the
top 10 current centers, some would argue that only Brayden Point was not a top 5 pick. Out of the top 20, only Hintz and Aho (2nd round) and Point (3rd round) were not first round picks. Relying on these kind of rare steals doesn't seem wise.
At least for #1 dmen, it's quite a bit more common to see them acquired outside of the top 5, or even in the 1st round, in a draft.
12 of the top 20 defensemen here were not top 5 picks.