I find the group demonstration useful. Can usually unearth a few good propsects to draft. I rank players I have scouted over players I haven't and for me the group demo comes in handy. That's been my starting point recently.
If I like the team I have I will punt on the draft and keep socking away points for the next one. To mitigate that some, I keep an eye out for rookies that are up for sale. I find some nice ones every so often.