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Originally Posted by mile
I doubt Bennett would have even fallen past 6th to begin with - The top 3/4 in 2014 may not be as good as the top 4 in 2013, but it is probably slightly better than the next tier (Lindholm, Monahan+....) in 2013.
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Well I think he's right in that conversation as well but put him below. I could see a gambler GM taking Bennett over Monahan because of the higher offensive ceiling but I do think other GM's would prefer the safe bigger center in Monahan. I'm glad the Flames didn't have to pick.
As for the Canucks and Horvat, if Horvat is that Patrice Bergeron type player they liked to compare him to and Gillis really thought that there's no way you can not pick him with the 9th overall. Maybe 29 of the other 30 GM's would have gone with someone else, but if Gillis thought he would be passing up on Bergeron with that 9th overall picking someone else he wouldn't do it regardless of who was left. And that's maybe one of the reasons he's looking for a job now.