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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Huh? No one ever said that the Oilers didn't make the right picks and draft as well as they could with what was there. It's just a simple fact that the top 3 or 4 picks in this draft are considered stronger than most of the top 1 or 2 picks in many of the recent drafts.
All I said was that the Oilers don't have franchise player the caliber of what MacKinnon is projected to be, and you came up with some argument about Hall. What are you suggesting with that statement?
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I think all he's saying is this;
Hall: 106 Nhl games played, 103 pts + next in line for team captain
MacKinnon: TBA
Taylor Hall IS already cementing himself as a star in the league, proving his abilities as a franchise player that any team could build around. To suggest that the Oilers do not already have a player that is potentially as good or better than MacKinnon is short sighted especially when one side of that arguement is based on hard fact & the other is 100% speculation.
Having said that, I don't see any way the Flames move into that first or second pick without giving up Brodie and/or Baertschi + all their 1st rnd picks which is counterproductive to a team that needs a complete overhaul. I think the Flames would be better off using the 2 earlier picks, & then trying to trade the last 1st rnd pick to aquire a young roster player. Then the work of developing players & chemistry together begins!