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Originally Posted by driveway
Here are this year's top 20 scoring centres and their draft position.
Stamkos - 1
Crosby -1
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Based on this list, it seems pretty obvious that it's very, very difficult to find a top-scoring center outside of the top 10 in the draft.
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But that's not all that entirely different than the wingers. Probably around half the top 20 of them where drafted in the top 5 as well. I understand the sentiment in going for a center, I've heard having a good one is nice. But the Flames have room for a great young player in any position, with maybe a little bit of an exception being left wing. I'd say go BPA. If that player is a center it's even better. If it's too close to call between a winger/defenseman and a center, drafting the center makes sense.
Otherwise skipping over a winger in years past in order to grab a center could have meant picking Turris over Kane, Brule over Ryan, Hamill over Voracek, McNeill over Baertschi. Fortunately I think this is a year not entirely unlike 2006 and 2009 where the top 10 will be filled with a bunch of centers and the Flames coming away with one is likely.