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The Athletic has a pretty interesting article about why teams should game on defense in later rounds.
Why NHL teams should gamble on defencemen over forwards...
The 1-2-3-4-5-6 is team defensemen ranked by icetime.
What's interesting is that beyond the #1 defenseman, it gets really close between top 31 and 32-100.
You don't see that dynamic until you get to the 5th place forward - and that seems like an outlier.
here's the same for forwards.
Goalies are even crazier.
I was already planning on taking a forward in the top 4 and probably the best defenseman at 32.
But maybe I'd consider taking 3-4 defenseman in that 32-100 range.
Why NHL teams should gamble on defencemen over forwards...
The 1-2-3-4-5-6 is team defensemen ranked by icetime.
What's interesting is that beyond the #1 defenseman, it gets really close between top 31 and 32-100.
You don't see that dynamic until you get to the 5th place forward - and that seems like an outlier.
here's the same for forwards.
Goalies are even crazier.
I was already planning on taking a forward in the top 4 and probably the best defenseman at 32.
But maybe I'd consider taking 3-4 defenseman in that 32-100 range.