There will be some surprisingly talented smaller guy(s) (Domi 5-9) that will fall and be available to the Flames at the end of the first round.
Other teams will be wary of wasting their 1st round pick (and their best chance for a successful draft on a player that will be an obvious underdog on making to the NHL) as would the Flames if they only had one pick.
Even then it would not be surprising for the Flames to pass on a smaller talented guy to go for Jankowski 2.0 as Gaudreau is already Baertschi v2.0
In 2011 draft there was only 2 players under 6 feet drafted in the 1st round
Ryan Murphy at 5'11 and Baertschi at 5'10.
If Baertschi would have been 6' he would have been picked a 4-5 picks earlier.
In the 2012 draft 2 players in the first round under 6'.... Yakapov at 5'11 and Teuvo Teravainen 5'10 by Chi at #18
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