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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
It's not that Monahan is a 'safe' pick.
It's that Nichushkin is a very risky pick.
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semantics; if Nichushkin is a risky pick, then Monahan, by comparison is a safer pick
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If it were a big drop off in talent after Nichushkin, different story. But that isn't the case.
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I don't know if it is a big drop or a small one; I don't think you will find many reports that say there isn't a drop. Nichushkin is a better player. Allowing emotion (fear of the Russian factor) to dictate a selection would be the wrong thing for the Flames to do, especially if they have done their homework, and confirmed what Nichushkin and his agent have said. The Flames apparently are using their Decision Lens program to help rank players and take the emotional element out of their player rankings. If so I predict they will take the Russian