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Old 06-15-2024, 08:12 AM   #1317
Vinny01
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina View Post
Position scarcity and importance should be a factor. BPA gets tossed around but ignores that centres and D are more valuable, and harder to find, than wingers.

If a winger is significantly better - draft the winger.
If it's close, consider the priority of the position.
I just think of how 2 teams made terrible position based draft picks to miss out on the Tkachuk’s. Vancouver went D with Juolevi and Montreal went C with Kotkaniemi. Neither were massive reaches but the wingers were ranked higher on most draft boards.
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