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Originally Posted by devo22
well I wasn't suggesting that we should pick Pouliot only because of chemistry - and it's not like he's a bad player or anything, he's an almost guaranteed first-rounder this year. He falls in the 10-20 range where we will probably end up picking, and I believe selecting D this year is a good idea because there are so many good D-men available and the best forwards will be gone when we pick. Plus Pouliot is a possible PP quarterback - something we don't have in our prospect pool ... in fact, I can't find any offensive D-men in our system. We already have a lot of defensive D-men, but Pouliot would fill a void in our prospect pool. Just saying. Otherwise we can always pick Ryan Pulock next year  |
I think part of the reason why our prospect defensive depth is a little shallow is because the Flames defense core is still pretty young and very mobile. Bouwmeester, Girodano, Butler, Brodie and now potentially Smith (assuming he is a solid NHL player) are all under 28-years-old.