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Originally Posted by Red John
Watched Treliving interview after the first round last night.
Apparently the Flames were trying to move up into the late 1st round as they had their eye on a couple guys but luckily they were still on the board after the 1st.
Then they go and pick McDonald. Pretty easy to read between the lines and assume they wanted this guy all along and were ready to trade up if necessary to do it.
Not a lot of chatter about the goaltending group this year but by many accounts it was actually an underrated, strong crop so to get arguably the best one is great.
That's what happens when you finally start keeping your 2nd round picks and get to pick in the 30s.
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More likely they wanted Lemieux or Barbashev but they were gone before we picked. Its possible they had McDonald ranked in the first round and tried to trade up to get him. But it seems a bit unlikely as the chances of him being picked before 34 are pretty slim.