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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
You completely missed the point of the BPA comment. There is no such thing as BPA, because all teams have different lists and have players in different slots in those lists. You can claim the Flames list as being most important, but don't claim the team is selecting BPA as you then have to take into consideration how well the team drafts, their preferences and strategies, and weigh those against other lists. As pointed out, if the Flames did use BPA - which they claim to - their list has been pretty bad in comparison to Dallas'. The claim of BPA is a crock because BPA varies from team to team and the success of those lists dependent on the consensus within the scouts of those teams. The claim of BPA is virtually impossible because of the variation in the lists. The Flames will pick who they think is the BPA, but I don't have any confidence that is true. With the exception of the first few picks in the draft I do not have that confidence when any team steps to the podium as no one knows for sure who the BPA is. If anything referencing BPA should be "BPA?" because of the uncertainty. It's all a guessing game.
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When people indicate a team should pick BPA, they mean based on that team's list.
All teams use BPA, but clearly those lists can vary greatly from team to team.