It's okay if people disagree with my take...but it will always be my take. And for any take, we can be wrong or right. It,s all good. But I will always believe, wrong or right, that going position is not a good sign. And you know when I started believing that? 2005. When one of the times I've been the most outraged about a pick...when we went with a certain Carey Price while we had the great Jose Theodore on the team. WHY IN THE WORLD do you pick a goalie!!!!! Oh my god!!!!! Well because on THAT pick....Timmins judged this guy WAS the BPA. No matter the position. And while there are arguments for Kopitar, sorry...Price is the best goalie of his generation. Best pick ever. BASED ON BPA.
I understand the whole right D is important. That some great posters in here, who will recognized themselves, will say that at one point, NEED get into this BPA debate. And while I understand their point, I don't agree, UNLESS there's a belief that between 2 choices that are too close to call, you WILL go with the guy that plays a position you don't have in the system vs a guy that plays in a position when you have 8 in your system. But I will always have a problem thinking that everything I just said is close to being possible.
Now....as important as the RD position is....I still don't think it's worth a top 5 pick if the player in itself is not a BPA regardless of the position. Because...you can find RD everywhere in the draft. And look also at picks the Habs made choosing SOMEBODY else than a RD. I mean, if a RD in Reinbacher explains his selection and the non-selections of others, what's the explanation of a Mesar or a Beck ahead of a Lamoureux or a Chesley? Why not Luneau? I mean, what did Mesar do that Luneau didn't do in his draft year? Why Koivu instead of Alexis Bernier or Henry Mews? If position is important..should it be important everywhere in the draft? Why Sawyer instead of Marrelli? Or already signed 6'4'' Tomas Lavoie?
if the answer to all of his paragrah is then...well see....it then demonstrates that they DO pick BPA. They do think, whether they are right or wrong, that Koivu IS a better prospect in their eyes than Tomas Lavoie. I OBVIOUSLY disagree..but at least it shows that it's a BPA strategy. And I prefer them being wrong that way.....but if they do it BPA elsewhere...why not 1st round. Or if finally they DO beleive that David is BPA......well they should be judged accordingly. And not excused if it doesn't work.
Going back to David, contrary to another pick by needs in Jesperi, I think he will be a serviceable d-man in the league. Do not see at all a top 2 ceiling...but number 4 with PK time. Still essential though. And let's hope he becomes that. But as I keep repeating...my criticisms towards the draft is rarely about the player themselves rather than the strategy. Pick BPA...and trade the extras you have for the needs you will have AT THAT TIME.
