Would you rather be drafted 1st OA by any team or 2nd OA by your favorite team?

[Riseonfire]

Yeah I'd rather be a #2 OV pick for the Rangers. Playing in a rink where I can drive 25 minutes to my house would be ideal

You can find a house 25 mins from MSG? Yeah right.

 

[Quiet Jack]

People saying they'd rather be drafted 2nd by their "favorite team" have to be teeneagers.

 

[BlueBull]

Send me back to 1988 then!
Montreal aint have a 2nd pick in a While so I'll take the canucks.

 

[Skolman]

If it came down to it, everyone would rather be picked 1st overall. The "favorite" team thing is only a thing for HF and other fans.

 

[crowi]

I wouldn't care one bit either way. Gimme the money.

 

[Empoleon8771]

It wouldn't make a difference for me to be taken 1st or 2nd overall, so if the options are a random team or a team I'd prefer for one reason or another, I'd pick the team I'd prefer. That doesn't even necessarily mean "favorite team", either.

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

I’m a Wings fan and Michigan Native but I would actually probably not like to play there until later in my career. Metro Detroit is nicer than people make it out to be, but it’s still boring compared to a lot more cities and fairly high taxes

Ya, cuz in Miami, NYC and LA no one knows who the hell you are.

In Edmonton, Winnipeg and Ottawa...you're a rock star. Plus, guys play McDavid, Laine and Karlsson don't/didn't seem to mind being in those cities.

But then you have to have Canadian Taxes, Canadian Weather, and all around less fun.

Plus Miami and LA are probably two of the top 5 best cities in North America in terms of average attractiveness of their women.

 

[KingsHockey24]

Ask Drew Doughty.

 

[General Disarray]

McDavid would have rather been drafted by the Leafs second overall.

 

[member 157595]

Except when the playoffs hit lol

You don't get paid in the playoffs and I'm a mercenary.

 

[Captain Mountain]

The odds are that the First OA team is not well run. My favourite team is also not well run.

So either?

 

[joestevens29]

Don't think I'd ever want to play for my favourite team or hometown. Far too many people have their names dragged through the mud

 

[SovietWings]

I can barely skate so I would be a big bust if drafted earlier than in 10th round. So I don't want to be drafted by my favourite team and I would rather be terrible disappoitment in Edmonton, Arizona or Buffalo..

 

[member 157595]

The odds are that the First OA team is not well run. My favourite team is also not well run.

So either?

I feel like this is a bit short-sighted. Many successful teams in the past 15-20 years have been built on high picks and I know as a TO fan that persistent mediocrity usually gets you absolutely nowhere. Obviously high picks are no guarantee but it's not automatically a mark that a team is consistently a long-term mess.

 

[Captain Mountain]

I feel like this is a bit short-sighted. Many successful teams in the past 15-20 years have been built on high picks and I know as a TO fan that persistent mediocrity usually gets you absolutely nowhere. Obviously high picks are no guarantee but it's not automatically a mark that a team is consistently a long-term mess.

If I'm an upcoming young star in the league and a top-pick prospect, then my presence on any team is going to help them a lot. That's the important part. So all things being equal, I'd rather be picked by a team with competent management that can fill out the rest of the roster effectively.

In the end though, it doesn't matter if you go 1st OA or 2nd OA to your favourite team. If your favourite team is well run, then that's preferable. But if the idea is that successful teams are built on high picks then the team doesn't matter, I (as an upcoming young star and top pock) matter.

 

[LeafsNation75]

I remember when Matt Duchene was drafted 3rd overall by Colorado in 2009 he was happy that he didn't go 2nd overall to Tampa because growing up he was an Avalanche fan. So I think that's the closest example to this question.

 

[BlueBaron]

I'd be fine going 2nd. I'd still get a good pay day before they figured out I suck.

 

[tony d]

1st overall, the prestige that comes with that would be good. Could always go to Ottawa as a free agent.

 

[CanadianPensFan1]

Since none of us are professional athletes, you won't get any honest answers. Not because people are being deceitful. But because, for us, there's no way to know how we would act .. we aren't in that world. You forget .. #1 draft picks are groomed for years. Ones personality wouldn't be at all the same.

For me? Today? To have the talent and skill to he drafted AT ALL would be awesome let alone #1. So buffalo or Arizona could draft away. I'd be playing in the best league in the world so hell yes.