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Originally Posted by Parallex
Yeah, If I had my pick of whoever I wanted I think it'd be hard to not pick Reinhart. BUt all things considered (especially the unlikeliness that the Flames actually get #1) I think I'd like the Flames to make this a D heavy draft. Honestly with the graduation of TJ Brodie I don't think the Flames have a single blueliner worth getting excited over (Sieloff, Culkin, and Kulak don't do it for me).
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I would definitely be looking at Reinhart very hard. Ekblad and him being #1/#2 right now works out just fine for me because either way we are getting a good player that makes our team better.
I like the family connection and the fact that Sam is considered the most talented of the Reinhart brothers. At the very least is sounds like he would be a solid #2C in the NHL.
However, with Ekblad it sounds like there is no downside to this kid. He could be better than Jones (and everyone was going nuts over Jones) and he fills our most glaring need now that we have significantly upgraded our depth at center. From a "big picture" standpoint, getting Ekblad makes the most sense. He will likely take 2-3 years to develop and then we can hope to land McDavid in 2015. Then the 2015-16 season starts out with a Flames team that has a lot of young potential and the high end talent to become playoff contenders.
Without Ekblad we are hoping that someone in our prospect pool develops to a higher-than-expected level or we are planning to trade away one of our high end forwards to fill that need on D.