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Originally Posted by Poe969
Having Ekblad and Brodie moving forward would be better than amazing.
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Better than Monahan and Bennett and Gaudreau? or Monahan and Draisaitl and Gaudreau? or even Monahan and Draisaitl and Gaudreau?
If Edmonton was not picking ahead of the Flames there might be a chance that Ekblad may fall through to 4th If Edmonton ends up picking another Forward with Ekblad on the board it would be beyond all comprehension.
I expect that the Sams and Draisaitl will have a bigger impact over the next 2 years than Ekblad
What team can afford to be out of the playoffs for the next 3 years?
The way the Flames and fan base went over 2013-14 the Flames management have the least pressure on them..... Burke and Treliving will both have their jobs in 2016-17 when Ekblad will be making his impact.
So the Flames giving their #4 and Byron or Granlund or Reinhart or Sieloff or Wootherspoon, or Hankowski or McKnight or Agostino ( list of young guys that have basically turned into 2nd round picks with an extra year or 2 of development) would be a valid option....
Florida gets a young NHL ready player plus a forward at #4 who is likely more NHL ready than Ekblad.
That is the same sort of deal that Edmonton would be offering... don't know that they have a bunch of 2nd round picks read to make the jump to the NHL..... all their young NHL ready guys that they are developing are ex high #1 picks that Florida would take in an instant along with their #3 pick.
As for Ekblad being the second coming of Bouwmeester:
In his 3 year Jr. career so far Ekblad has 35 more playoff games (22pts). In case you don't remember Bouwmeester had 0.
Ekblad has 189 PIM Bouwmeester 112
Ekblad +31 Bouw -35