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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
I dunno. Button said there was 3 guys left available before day 2 and that it was unlikely all 3 would go ahead of their pick. He then said they were "ecstatic" to get McDonald.
Treliving also said that they looked at moving down but some of their priority guys fell to them early so they didn't.
Pretty sure Mason McDonald was one of the 3 guys they wanted badly.
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Both you and getbak could be right. Perhaps Lemieux and McDonald were in their top 3 (in that order) for the second round and when Lemieux went, McDonald was the next one up.
The fact that the Flames had McDonald's nameplate stitched on the jersey makes me think you're right - that McDonald was one of the 3 guys they wanted badly. But perhaps there was a Lemieux nameplate stitched on too?