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Originally Posted by Savvy27
We are getting too bogged down in the numbers (my fault). The important thing to me is where the elite guys are cut off. Last year it seemed to be after 3, this year it is 4 or maybe 5 if you include Nichushkin. I consider the difference between 4 and 6 to be significant enough that the pick goes from untradeable to "only trade for a top player". I find it interesting that people disagree, but I think the last 32 years indicates that a lot of mistakes are made just outside that elite group.
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There's Button saying the top end might be 8-9 deep for the Flames and not the 4-6 they thought at one point.
But I definitely agree with you that the likely top 4 are the most attractive by far and that if were guaranteed 1 of Barkov, Mac, Drouin or Jones then we'd be far less likely to move the pick.
Interesting that Todd Button hinted in some interview or article that someone we're not talking about as top 4-5 may sneak in there. I wonder if they have any good intel on that. And who the heck is he talking about? Bob Mackenzie's ranking of Lindholm at #5 ahead of Nichushkin seems pretty telling that a lot of scouts have Lindholm pretty high.
And who the heck else might be in their top 8-9? Nurse? Horvat? Ristolainen? Zadorov? Shinkaruk? Domi? Kind of doubt we'd take Domi with our first pick given his size and our size issues. Could see them trying to package up #22 and #28 to try and land players along those lines in the early teens.