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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
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.
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That's fine if they take BPA, but in the next 2 drafts it is imperative they take a 1st line center. If they take Nurse over Lindholm or Monahan , they are setting themselves up for reaching in 2014 for a center.