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Originally Posted by dammage79
Apparently Nichushkin has done so well in camp its getting some pundits on Tsn thinking he's going to make the nine teams that picked ahead of Dallas rue the day.
Not to gloat but I saw this coming. Still jazzed with monahan but if a superstar was what the fanbase needed to digest this rebuild, he's in Dallas..
I still think he will be the best player in this draft year. No offense to MacKinnon,Drouin or Monahan.
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I agree with you that Nichushkin is going to be great. But at this stage in the rebuild, he wasn't a good fit for the Flames.
Perhaps if the Flames were 3 years down the line, and their young prospects have become a young core that could support Nichushkin. Otherwise I think he would have floundered as the face of the rebuild and the pressure of being in a Canadian market.
Not to mention the backlash the management staff would take for choosing a flight risk Russian over a Canadian center.