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Originally Posted by Hockey-and_stuff
Yes, I'm more questioning if it's the best idea to take a shutdown D with a top 10 pick where the best available talent typically lies.
I'm not very invested in "toolsy" type picks early when the more easily projectable talent is there to be taken.
It's my own opinion, but I'd rather have an elite guy like Hughes playing passable defense, than a shutdown guy who doesn't seem at this point to be able to move the puck particularly well.
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Me too. Which is why I would have taken Buium over him because the overall package is just way more compelling.
Dickinson I'm less enthused about. I still see him more as a Hanifin type than anything (which is still great) but very similar to other D they have. I think Silayev brings a unique quality they don't have.
And I think there is a difference between saying he will have limited offensive production v. not being able to move the puck well.
That will be key. I don't know that he will put up a ton of points, but I do think he will be a fairly mobile d, who can also make a first pass out of the zone.