[Red John]

Haven't seen Ekblad play more than a handful of times but his upside seems to be higher than Bogosian.

Ekblad thinks the game at a good level and tends to never repeat his mistakes. Bogosian is a player with skills but not great hockey sense, Ekblad has an understanding of when to step up and when to just make the safe play. He's going to be a top-pairing defenseman but agreed that he is likely behind Seth Jones and will probably never win a Norris.

However he is going to be a great top-pairing all-situations guy with a RH shot - and the Flames are desperately going to need a guy to man the blueline for 15 years because by the time they're contenders Giordano won't be that guy anymore.

Then on the other hand you have another No. 1 centre who similar to Ekblad will likely never be the top player in the NHL at his position but intelligent top-line centers are hard to find (the Flames should know) so you really can't go wrong with either.

If the Flames actually land the top pick and are in a position to choose, that's a great problem to have. Either way they'll be landing a franchise cornerstone.