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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
Just because he may have the highest hockey sense doesn't mean he's automatically #1 on our list. They still rank things like competitiveness, character, skating and size to varying degrees. And by all accounts Bennett, Ekblad, Dal Colle and Draisaitl have quite high hockey sense as well.
I think Reinhart could easily be #3 on our list behind Bennett/Ekblad. Bennett's competitiveness and grittiness could have been the tie-breaker.
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Very true. Flames make no secret of emphasizing hockey IQ and character. Bennett, Ekblad and Reinhart have them all in spades.
Reinhart is very competitive, but not very gritty. He probably has the best vision and skills out of the three, however. I guess it is subjective on how you see them all, and how you then try and translate that into how the Flames' scouting staff sees it. For me, it is Reinhart-Ekblad-Bennett. I can easily understand why you might see Reinhart as #3. I just personally see Reinhart as the most gifted player this draft by far, but that is my own personal bias, and rank him as 1st on the list in large measure because of it.