[djsFlames]

I was just commenting on a "If it's Reinhart/Center" scenario.

Absolutely Ekblad is my first pick, still. I believe there is a time and place to draft certain players or positions. And you have to look ahead to strategically draft your future core to come into their roles around the same time. And I believe Ekblad also coincides with the BPA approach as well. I think we should look hardest into the possibility of drafting Ekblad this season and (fingers crossed) McDavid next season. As that would be the best possible combination for the team of any, and we are and will be in the running for both. And drafting Ekblad now, allowing him to mature another year in order to possibly bring both he and our center pick of 2015 into the league the following season would allow for much of our core in all key positions to enter the fold at the same time, which would be most ideal.

Of course, I'm getting way ahead of myself on so many fronts with that. But with potentially a more special crop of centers available next year, I do believe this is the draft to be gambling on the stud d-man, if there were any.