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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Maybe that person thinks so.
But it is more of an indication - and reminder - that these rankings are personal opinions only, and opinions differ. This idea that there is always a BPA is silly, and that if someone likes a player that 'the consensus' has a little lower, it isn't 'going off the board', it is simply having a different opinion about kids, and this is very far from being an exact science.
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Hopefully, by now, most people are at the point that when they say BPA, they mean BPA according to the Flames' list. That's at least what I mean by BPA. After 2024, and generally strong drafting since the Sutter era, there are only a few posters on this board that argue the Flames' scouting staff isn't legitimately one of the better staffs in the league.
Todd was also interviewed pre-draft last year and he basically said they were probably going to take a defensive prospect both because the system needed it, even though Conroy had addressed some of the need through trades, and because there was a high number of good quality defenders in the top of the draft, and it was just a matter of ranking them properly.
Fortunately, this year, there are a number of Cs "ranked" around 18, so there's a good chance that the Flames' true BPA will likely be a C when they pick.