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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Devils advocate, but do you swap FLA's #1 for our 2015 #1?
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If the Flames are sold on Ekblad, and have a feeling one of Bennett or Reinhart is going to fall to them, then yes, I think they make that deal. There is no guarantee that the Flames will be in the running for the 1st pick overall next year. With Florida, Buffalo, Edmonton, the Islanders, Carolina, and Vancouver in the mix, there are going to be some bad teams that the Flames would have to work to out suck. The club has said that you build down the middle. If they could get Ekblad and Reinhart/Bennett, that is one helluva start of a solid build down the middle. Our centers depth would be substantial, and the blueline would have a massive kickstart to respectability. They manage to grab a couple of other good defenders in the Wortherspoon quality range in this draft, and the club is looking pretty damn good going forward. That would be a pretty good position going forward.