You draft BPA, then you trade to fill needs down the road.
Maximize the quantity of assets, then maneuver to get the most out of those assets.
Yeah, I remember times GMs drafted to fill needs, before BPA sometimes. Obviously no one let a McDavid go by to fill there right D needs, but you get the point. I'm sure some GM's still have this semblance of thinking. And really I was more talking about the winger stuff. D is important for sides, centers should play center, wingers...meh...might matter a bit for breakouts from your zone, besides that, it don't matter, especially with cycling game being played now. Some wingers like playing off wing...Wingers could be all over offensive zone.