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Originally Posted by fatso
There is a lot of wishful thinking and inconsistent reasoning behind the projections that have Bennett to the Flames. It is as though his unique attributes would be valued only by CGY. It makes no sense. The very same reasons Calgary wants him are the same reasons the other teams would too. And I say this as someone who wants to draft Draisatl.
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Well it's not like every scouting service has Bennett #1. Only Redline and CSS do.
ISS has Reinhart #1, Bennett #4. FC has Reinhart #2, Bennett #3. Bob Mackenzie has Reinhart #2, Bennett #3. Craig Button has Reinhart #1, Bennett #3.
So out of the rankings I look at Reinhart is favoured by more.
It's such a toss up that it could go any way. All 3 centres are fairly close. Any teams that have hockey sense as their #1 attribute would take Reinhart. Any teams looking for size will probably favour Draisaitl. Any teams that highly value competitiveness, grit and skating will probably favour Bennett. The centres are so close that teams may look at the makeup of their roster in tiebreaking.
What will Buffalo do? That's the real question. I think they do value the competitiveness of Bennett but a lot of scouts just like Reinhart slightly better and BUF might as well. BUF may have seen more of Bennett than Reinhart/Draisaitl, could that factor in? EDM needs size and needs someone who can help earlier plus tons of rumours that they like Draisaitl so he makes a ton of sense there. Plus they've likely seen more of Draisaitl/Reinhart with them watching the Oil Kings all the time and being based in a WHL city.
It's really easy to see any of Reinhart, Bennett and Draisaitl falling to us in certain scenarios. I personally think Draisaitl might be the least likely to fall to us. I think the Flames might rank Bennett highest of the 3 because of our emphasis on grit, competitiveness, work ethic and skating. Not every team may see it that way.