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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The thing is if people could see any team's draft list they'd say it was "odd" too. There is no consensus in the draft outside the top 1-5 usually so evaluating a list on whether it follows popular opinion is pointless. Button's list is usually interesting and worth looking at.
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Agree on most of that. I too generally like taking a look at opposing opinions.
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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
As for last year I guess we'll see where Murray ends up. From what I read and saw of him he was a solid but unspectacular player and certainly not a guy I would have wanted to take top 2-3. Would not surprise me one bit if many teams didn't have Murray as the top defenseman available. I think some had Rielly as the highest.
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That's exactly where Button was coming from I think: that Murray was the safest, but not necessarily the best, D in the draft. Murray is NHL ready, but probably won't be a spectacular player that you'll hang your franchise on. I see him capping off as a legitimate #2 with a 2nd pairing floor...he WILL be in the NHL someday. Rielly, by comparison, is a player who I view as a work in progress, but probably has #1 upside.
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
I take Button's rankings with a grain of salt since it seems to be only one man's opinion while other lists gather info from a number of scouts. One thing I do remember is that I believe he was the first to put Jankowski as a first rounder. Maybe he had inside information from his brother, or maybe not, but it made me notice, as his list could have some indication of where the Flames are looking.
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Button certainly does have a bit of inside information. I recall that he was effectively calling that the Flames could take Jankowski.
Whether or not it impacts his draft lists is another question.