You are totally right that I have a Q bias which is why I am so high on Grigorenko. But I also think that he was superior to Huberdeau & Couturier in their draft year which indicates me that he shouldn't have been drafted before #12. Also, I do not think that drafting defenseman, especially defensive-2way D (IE: Murray,Reinhart,Trouba,McIlrath) with a top15 is a good thing when there is always someone with better offensive upside. History has shown that top offensive players are usually drafted in the early part of the first round.


I didn't explain myself correctly when I said that ''teams going the safe route are not going to succeed''. My original thought, that I should have written, was that : Teams who draft based on their depth needs or by ''playing it safe'' lower their chance at success.

As an exemple, I do not think that Columbus made a mistake by drafting Zherdev or Filatov a couple years ago. They both had a crazy amount of upside that justified their pick. Even thought the Leafs turned Schenn into JvR this summer, I still think to this day that drafting Luke Schenn #5 was a big mistake. Schenn never had the skills to become a franchise/top pairing defenseman. Had I been part of the Leafs organization, I would have felt good drafting Filatov knowing that he could become a superstar than drafting a player with no flavour like Schenn.

I'm not sure if this is any clearer..

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