Odds or no odds...the Blues aren't going to get the #3 pick overall next draft. The sooner people realize this, the better.Hollywood wrote:cprice12 wrote:Hollywood wrote:How exactly is he out to lunch? It seems to me that he is the only person backing his argument up with real facts. Seems everyone else is awarding us the Cup. (exaggerated sarcasm...please tell me you picked up on that)OS wrote:Why are you sticking up for BBZ when he's so obviously out to lunch here? There's nothing wrong with tracking how the Blues have done since they started playing better...
You want to pick 13 instead of 3rd. Ok. I don't. Neither does BBZ. Why wouldn;t I stick up for him when we share the same view point? The difference in picking 3rd and 13th? In one senario you don't get a choice of the best 12 prospects. In the other, you don't get a choice of the best 2 prospects. You miss the playoffs in both. You are a bad team in both. One senario helps you rebuild almost immediately, one you have to wait a year or two before it pays off.
I know which one I want.
Many people were liking the Brewer for Hemsky rumors a few days ago. Upon looking over the past drafts...Hemsky was drafted 13th in 2001...and you know who was drafted #3 that year? Alexandr Svitov....who has only played in 103 games and has 6 goals.
I'd have rather had the 13th pick instead of the 3rd pick that year.
And if I remember correctly...Brewer was a top 5 pick in 1997....so we'd be trading #5 pick for a #13 pick. Hmmmm...
Hmmmm.....what? You want me to point out all the other years that the opposite was true?
You know, Datsyuk was drafted in the 6th round....we should just trade all of our picks for 6th rounders. If you want to live by the exception to the rule, go ahead. I'd rather go with the odds.
Accept what we get by way of how we played this year, and live with it.
Realistically, I can totally see them getting the #8 or #9 pick...and I'm fine with that.
The NHL draft is one of the screwiest as far as sure things are concerned. Not very often does a sure thing come around in the draft. And when they do, they go 1st or 2nd overall. And being the worst team in the league is not something I want to go through again. But if it happens, I'll obviously take the #1 pick...but no way am I rooting for that to happen or do I want that to happen. It sucks.
And to say with absolute certainty that finishing poorly is the best thing for this franchise in the future, is simply wrong because the best player in the upcoming draft might not be recognized as so until well after the draft is over. ESPECIALLY in this year's draft where there isn't thought to be any exceptional players right now like a Crosby, Ovechkin, Malkin, etc.
Could it be the best thing for the franchise to finish dead last? Sure it could. But it could also be the best thing for this franchise to pick 10th overall. And the reason I say this is because this kind of thing happens every single year.