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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
You gotta go with MacKinnon if he's available. The real tough choice is between Drouin or Barkov if the Flames pick third.
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If the Panthers and Avs are picking in front of us, MacKinnon could still be on the board at 3rd. I could see both teams wanting Jones and/or Drouin.
Given the chance (I feel) the Flames have to go after MacKinnon, regardless of whether Jones or Drouin are available.
If we pick up Drouin we could end up with another era of having an elite winger with no center to play with. Everyone in the Flames nation is tired of that story.
If we pick Jones we could end up with a lot of people drawing parallels to Phaneuf, which will only become worse and worse if Jones doesn't prove to be a franchise Dman in his rookie year. We already used our previous best draft pick on a Dman and it really didn't turn out.
The smart move for the Flames is to finally answer franchise center question.