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Originally Posted by Sandman
I look at the Parekh situation like this:
There are 6 potential game-changing D in this draft, and though I'm not a huge fan of Parekh, there might not be a chance to aquire players of this calibre for the backend in the foreseeable future if you pass one up, at least not where we're picking. Most drafts have one or two franchise D, this one has SIX. There's a chance you can pick up a forward in the same stratoshere as an Iginla in other ways, including later in this draft, but these defensemen are rare, and special.
How often do you see draft-eligible D at close to a ppg in college, never mind way over that mark like Buium? Parekh and Yakemchuk were over a ppg in the CHL, how often do you see that? Dickinson is Ekblad 2.0, and Silayev is a true unicorn...
There are F prospects that I'm in love with too, but I think the level of D in this draft gets lost on us a bit.
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Even after the big 5 defensemen, there like 10 or 12 D men that'll go in rounds 1 and 2 that will give you just as good of value in terms of bang for your buck at 28th overall or lower. This is a very defense heavy draft.
Flames can take a D man at 9 or they can gamble a bit an use their next 3 picks on D men and feel pretty happy about themselves too.