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Originally Posted by BigThief
Damn, you went into the archives for that. Most of those guys are 3rd round or later so I don't know the success rate of blue liners in the later rounds. John Gilmour was a 7th rounder. They've hit on TJ Brodie, Brett Kulak and Adam Fox in those late rounds as well in a similar time period. No Oliver Kylington went off the rails but Rasmus Andersson has done well for himself
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Defensive defencemen tend to be later rounds (if they are drafted at all, see Tanev, Chris). Or they are guys who were producers in junior who became defensive NHLers.