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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
At 8-10 though?
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If they believe he could turn into a dynamic centre, absolutely.
There would probably be lots of chatter on draft day about how the flames reached for him, and the online "GM" draft grades wouldnt be great, but all of that gets forgotten pretty quick if he turns into a legit #1C.
Obviously the opportunity cost of passing up the other options to take a swing on a guy like Hage needs to be weighed, but if the team really believes in his upside then I'm good with taking a chance on him, even in that 8-10 range.
I think the draft lists we're privy to tend to echo each other and create a false sense of consensus while actual team lists probably have a huge degree of variation outside of the very top 2-3 players.
That said, I'm a complete sucker for draft lists and as such I would definitely prefer one of the guys who generally are ranked 5-10 on the lists I see: Catton, Lindstrom, Dickinson, Parekh, etc.
