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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I'd rather have the better player than the centre. Just because the Flames have been stupid about it doesn't mean centers don't exist in the world. Montreal's one of the best teams in the league this year without elite centres.
If you're picking in the top 5... and are going to suck for 2-3 years there's no reason to reach for centre at this point.
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The problem though with your Montreal example is that they are not likely to win the cup. The Flames in 06-09 all were fairly decent, but they were pushovers because they didn't have any good centers (Langkow was adequate)
If you can get Barkov, or McKinnon, you go with them (I'm assuming we're not picking first)