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Originally Posted by djsFlames
I actually really doubt the Flames will be drafting 1st overall. Being a near-cap team, they're bound to win the odd game the rest of the way, and the Panthers are just too awful being behind the Flames with 3 more games played. So, it's very doubtful that we'll have to worry about whether or not to pick Seth Jones... This is a good thing though, because I think they need to draft a franchise center, meaning one of MacKinnon or Barkov. I mean sure, our scouts think they have something in Jankowski, but if he turns out to be NHL quality, then great. But we can't put all our eggs in one basket. The stronger at the center position we are, the better.
I see us finishing in the 3rd-5th range (at best), which leaves us open to the all the top Cs in the draft, as it's likely Drouin and Jones will be picked with the first two.
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Depends on how big of a firesale they have. If they sell all of Iginla, JBo, Kipper, Stajan, Stempniak, etc... they will no longer be icing anything close to a near cap team.
The teams currently beneath them are much younger and less likely to gut their team in the same way.