Originally Posted by blayze

If defensemen don't get bonus points, then generally speaking the best thing to do is to wait to the mid-later rounds to draft your defense.

There's a ton of low-risk ~40 point defensemen to draft later on... no sense wasting an early pick gambling on the next Karlsson/Doughty/Visnovsky when there's a ton of elite forwards who are a lock for 80+.