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Originally Posted by Fire
If Reinhart, Ekblad and Bennett are gone I don't see Burke drafting Draisaitl after his comments in one of his speeches. I would think Dal Colle is the odds on favourite to become a Flame. If the Flames drafted 5th, 6th or 7th I think it would have been Ritchie if Dal Colle was gone.
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But in his most recent speeches he puts Draisaitl right up there with the rest. All the naysayers can talk about his skating but that is one aspect that can be coached at camps going forward. Look at the big improvement that has been made with Kanzig(as talked about in one of the other threads). He stayed late at the Flames main camp so they could work on his skating, same could be done with Draisaitl. If his skating is the big concern(which I personally don't think it should be long term) the team would work with him on it. There are reasons some scouts have this kid at #1, we can't ignore that.......
I just have a hard time thinking this kid isn't the real deal, he had absolutely nobody around him this year and look at the numbers, I mean wow, he was the Prince Albert Raiders!