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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think this draft is unique with the quality of D. I think there are 8 guys with top pairing potential (not all of them of course will make it) and a couple interesting guys further down, including Jiricek who I think would be in that grouping if not for the injury.
Next year's draft is poor on D (at least as of now).
I think Lindstrom is interesting because he could be a unique opportunity to get a #1 centre, if he falls due to injury. There's risk there but I would take a swing at him if he's there.
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I think your comp is the 2012 draft, much weaker than normal forward draft, and much stronger than normal D draft, but I'm not sure you look at any of the any of the about 20 d men that had great NHL careers, and think you yourself that's I guy who can't be passed over for a guy who can drive first line offence, so if he is there and you believe he can drive offence the way his dad did, you probably have to think long and hard about taking Tij, and trying to recover the D man later in the draft, a position that is much harder to successfully scout at the age of 18, and sees a much high proportion of 2nd round+ homeruns, and a higher proportion of top 5 pick busts.