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Originally Posted by Monahan23
We're strong at C. Poirier is RW or will be because of our lack of depth. Ritchie plays both but shoots right I believe. If we're drafting for need we either trade up for Ekblad (Big, smart RD) or draft Ritchie (Big, fast, RW)
I'm fine if we draft one of these 6 guys
Ekblad
Reinhart
Draisaitl
Bennett
Virtanen
Ritchie
maybe MDC
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Don't know where you are looking, but all the scouting reports I've found on Ritchie list him as both a left hand shot and LW.
http://www.hockeysfuture.com/prospects/nick-ritchie/
http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/nh...-nick-ritchie/
Judging by the picture in that second link, I'd say he is definitely a leftie. Ok, maybe he could move over and play RW, but clearly the scouts think he is a LW and I don't know how comfortable you can be as a leftie playing on the opposite side. Works for some, doesn't for others. We're strong at centre? Backlund, Monahan and.....? Yes, we have prospects, but are they ones we can see being a top 6 centre? I don't think adding a Sam/Leon to that is a bad thing, nor something we should pass up on just to get another left handed natural LW.