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Originally Posted by kyuss275
I can't see them picking Monahan over Barkov. I can't see them picking Lindholm over Drouin. I would be pretty pissed if the flames were in their position and passed on one of Barkov and Drouin. The Russian leaving the KHL is a pretty big deal and likely changes what some teams in the top 5 were thinking before.
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Lets face it. Teams aren't stupid. Sure it would be great if Barkov or Druin fell into the Flames lap but for that to happen one of the 5 teams below them would have to be very incompetent. These teams will covet the players for the same reasons Flames fans do. Because they are clearly a level above the rest of the prospects in this draft. While it's not impossible it's very improbable that any of the top 5 teams pick Nurse, Lindholm, or Monahan over the consensus top 5 which is more cemented this year than years past. IMO there may be a slight chance of a team picking Nurse or Lindholm but it's a shot in the dark at this point although I guess you can never be sure as there always seems to be one player that for whatever reason drops out of the top 5. Not sure this year though.