Redpath
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lol...so because guys end up as depth guys we should just throw in the towel and hope we at least get an NHLer out of the draft with our 3rd rounders? DUMB!
He was picked 72nd overall. Why jsut HOPE for a 4th line player? And that's IF he reaches his upside.
Again, I risk 4th liners all day for top 6 talent. And Goule has not even proven that yet.
Too job we drafted talent with Ghost. Missed out on a good fighter.
Scouts determine opinions on players. In Morin's case the Flyers liked his upside a lot and felt that he had a good chance to hit it big and become a great player.
Now if a scout can feel really confident in a player that they'll do great, can't they also feel the opposite in a certain "talent" and believe that they won't hit their upside?
The third time I am mentioning these two in this thread, but why do guys like Ho-Sang and Kylington fall? It is because scouts project them and ultimately decide that, while talented, they don't project very safely (If at all) to the NHL. Maybe, even in just the slightest way, it is possible that our scouts had similar opinions to this on Duclair/Bjorkstrand.
This is kind of like how fans look at the common ISS, CSS, etc. draft rankings and lose their minds when teams actually move away from what is allegedly the norm. Internal opinions exist for these players and it turns on that the Flyers just happened to be one of the team to skip over Duclair/Bjorkstrand.