News Article: How the Leafs Gamed the Draft

[RoadWarrior]

See, this is exactly the sort of poor logic that exists with some posters (and GMs!). You don't address organizational weakness through the draft. You draft the best available players in the draft, and then you address organizational weaknesses through free agent signings and trades.

Trying to address organizational weaknesses is what causes you to draft a guy like Tyler Biggs in the first round. The poor drafting GMS draft for organizational weakness. Hunter/Dubas draft on talent though exploiting market weaknesses (let's call it Moneypuck).

I agree with taking BPA for first round picks but when it comes to players of roughly equal potential later in the draft it makes sense to draft for need. Tyler Biggs was a horrible pick by any metric.

Korshkov and Grundstrom are miles ahead of plugs like Biggs. They've already had success playing against men and they address an organizational need for power wingers.

 

[TankNationTillDeath]

RE: Moneypuck....... let's wait till we win a championship first. Bean won the championship in his first year and it was via the waiver wire or or less lol.