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Originally Posted by kehatch
Why is everyone discounting Drouin?
Mackinnon, Jones, and Drouin seem the obvious three we would have ranked ahead of Monahan. Maybe Barkov instead of Jones and Drouin.
Lindholm was neck in neck with Monahan on most projections. If the Flames truly had Monahan at 4 than its almost certain that they had him ahead of Lindholm.
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No one is discounting Drouin's high-end skill. However you have to think that the Flames wanted to start the rebuild by drafting a center or even Jones as a cornerstone dman instead of a skilled LW, something they already have in Sven.