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Originally Posted by gordfish
Myself, I think the biggest mistake GMs make on draft day is drafting for needs. As a rule, you take the best player available, period. Whether he fits what you need at the moment is irrelevent; most players take a few years to get to the NHL anyways, and by then your needs may have changed dramatically. You take the best asset available and move on.
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I completely agree.
The best player should be taken. However, as we have seen in the past, theirs too many veritables between using the best and a lot of talented players, end up in the later rounds because people pass up on them (i.e Bergeron).
Futhermore, the agreement between the NHL and the IIHF has a big influence in the draft (i.e Cherapanov).