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Flames Draft Watcher · 03-20-2014, 01:06 PM

None of Reinhart, Bennett or Draisaitl appear to be the same level of player as MacKinnon/Barkov to me. They are looking closer to the Monahan level. Ekblad meanwhile appears closer to Jones than the forwards are to the forwards last year. That is why the discussion is a lot different this year. Add to that we're actually looking pretty good at centre with Backlund having developed into a #2, Monahan now in the fold, Stajan locked up and Jankowski, Knight, Arnold, etc still in the system. We could be just fine as is as long as Monahan turns into a #1 which seems likely. On the other hand we have no top 3 defense prospects. We don't have much in terms of size on defense. We are lacking right shooters on defense. Ekblad fills that.

But you are right, we can't go wrong if we had a top 3 pick. Doesn't look like we will though.

03-20-2014, 01:06 PM	#1900
Flames Draft Watcher In the Sin Bin Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	None of Reinhart, Bennett or Draisaitl appear to be the same level of player as MacKinnon/Barkov to me. They are looking closer to the Monahan level. Ekblad meanwhile appears closer to Jones than the forwards are to the forwards last year. That is why the discussion is a lot different this year. Add to that we're actually looking pretty good at centre with Backlund having developed into a #2, Monahan now in the fold, Stajan locked up and Jankowski, Knight, Arnold, etc still in the system. We could be just fine as is as long as Monahan turns into a #1 which seems likely. On the other hand we have no top 3 defense prospects. We don't have much in terms of size on defense. We are lacking right shooters on defense. Ekblad fills that. But you are right, we can't go wrong if we had a top 3 pick. Doesn't look like we will though. Last edited by Flames Draft Watcher; 03-20-2014 at 01:08 PM.