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Originally Posted by icarus
Wow, that's four out of the first nine players drafted in 2024... does Hockey Canada think it's smarter than NHL scouting staffs?
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Well, drafting is about long term evaluations, and this team is about right now.
When teams draft players, they have time to develop and clean up defensive deficiencies, it's not Team Canada's job to do that, not do they have time.
Now, I have no idea if that is the reason why some players were bypassed, just making a statement.
Although Canada has won gold the last two years, so its not like they have a history of bad choices?
Have there been more surprising omissions than normal?