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Originally Posted by Locke
If the Calgary Flames have an opportunity to draft a guy thats being pegged as #1 centre they have to do it. If they passed that up after years of messing around trying to fit round pegs into the square #1C hole then....well....
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Agreed. That said this Jones guy might be the best defensive prospect I've ever seen in my time of following the draft (didn't see any of Doughty in his draft year.) So like I said I don't think you can go wrong. Pronger dragged some teams to the cup so #1 d-men are obviously quite valuable too.
I've been hoping the Flames would draft a big #1 centre since '97. I'd be ecstatic to get MacKinnon. That said I think Jankowski might be our best bet to get a big #1 centre since we drafted Nieuwendyk. I really like the Jankowski pick.
So yeah I'm all for getting a #1 centre. But at the same time I'm not automatically turning down the #1 d-man, its worth debating. IMO in our prospect pool we have a better chance of getting a #1 centreman out of Jankowksi or perhaps even Backlund than we do of getting a #1 d-man out of Wotherspoon/Culkin/Kulak/Brodie/etc.
So like I keep saying I don't think you could go wrong with the #1 pick taking MacKinnon or Jones. Both rare talents, both rare commodities at their position. Flames can really use a #1 centre and a #1 d-man.