[Jeremy Rutherford] Army on draft: “I don’t see us using that (No. 16) pick to improve our team today. With that being said, if it’s somebody in an age bracket that I see a longer-term vision, we would do that… But I see it as a selection-type of a draft for us.”
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[Army on draft: “There’s obviously some attractive players. My experience is, when you pick No. 10, there’s nine great guys. When you pick No. 16, there’s 15 great guys … so it’s just going to be fluctuating on who’s available whether we move up or back to gain an extra asset.](https://x.com/jprutherford/status/1802751666317328596?s=46&t=Xn0juU2C4hEaElfmeGb4jQ)
[Army on d-men in draft: “You’ve got some big horses back there and you’ve got some small dynamic puck-moving D. If you’re looking for a d-man, you can get the 5-11, 6-footers and you can get the 6-7 guys, too. It seems to be a smorgusbord of whatever you look at the buffet line.”](https://x.com/jprutherford/status/1802754728759103679?s=12)
Very intriguing. I’ve been hoping to see Army pull off a trade to move up and grab one of the Top 6 D.
Most NHL draft picks are not year 1 or even year 2 contributors, especially blue liners. I would love to trade up if a top prosect falls to the fringe Top 10, but I have a feeling we’ll be trading down.
Can someone ELI5 the “selection type draft” comment?