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[mvossman]

And the difference between picking 7 or 8 or 9 depends entirely on your team's ability to scout and project superbly. That's where the real focus should be imo.

Of course scouting is crucial, but that scouting may tell you that you really wanted the guy that got picked at 7 while you are sitting at 9.  But that was not the point of my post that you responded to.  The biggest difference between the 7th and 9th odds is about the chances to land a top 4 pick.  I feel like the mindset around here is that they are both small chances and it doesn't make that much difference, but mathematically it makes a big difference.