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Originally Posted by moon
I have a hard time seeing Florida passing on Ekblad if he is there when they pick.
Barkov, Bjustad seem to be their top two centres going forward. Hubredeau, Howden and Trochek other young forwards they seem high on.
They have Gudbranson but seem less than enamoured with Kulikob and the other defenseman are far from sure things.
Maybe if they win lottery they see Reinhart as too good but if they are 2/3/4 can't see them going for Drasaitl, Dal colle or even Bennett over him.
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After following Florida this season closely I'd say this is a pretty accurate assesment. They have locks for centers in all lines atm, Barkov; Bjugstad, Trocheck and battling for the fourth line spot are Howden and Shore. They also added Brandon Pirri from Chicago.
On defense Kulikov has shown he can be a top2 guy (still has consistency issues) but Gudbransson looks to be #3/4 at best right now. After that the drop-off in their D is pretty huge although they have couple of solid prospects in college (Mattheson, McCoshen).
I can see Edmonton passing on Ekblad (even though I think it's a small chance) but not Florida. Especially if they think he has a good chance of being a franchise D.