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Originally Posted by dammage79
Where do you get the lack of hockey sense? From everything I've been reading and listening to what folks are talking about this seems the exact opposite.
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Compared to the average 18 year old prospect, his hockey sense is better than theirs. However, from what I've watched of him, he doesn't have that upper tier of thinking the game like most exceptional D-men like Doughty have. From what I've seen, I don't think he has top pairing upside on a good team.
That doesn't mean he'll be bad. He's the type of guy that'll likely play 1000 games in his career, but I don't see him being a great player.
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Outlet passing and positioning are top notch. Zone entries and keeping the puck in the zone have noted many times to be top tier. Skating is a fixable issue and was one of the noted flaws in Monahans game and look how that turned out.
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I am not saying that he's bad, Zach Bogosian is a good defenseman. Just that I don't think he'll be a great defenseman. Not someone worth using a top 3 pick on. If we were picking 4th or 5th and he was on the board, sure but not when there are guys that have a higher ceiling than him on the board.
The Flames really do need defensemen. Badly. If Ekblad was looking like Doughty 2.0 or something similarly exceptional, then I'd be all for taking him. I just don't see that being the case. Because of that, I'd rather take the safer option and get a forward that's pretty much guaranteed to be a top 6 guy.