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1. The organizational need versus best player available always surfaces prior to the draft. If you’re in the BPA camp and Connor, Merkley or Konecny are all available at #15, would you draft one of them knowing that they’re all centers and we’re pretty deep down the middle for a good few years with Monahan, Bennett, Backlund, and Jankowski? Basically putting aside positional need for the BPA.
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Yep. You take one of them and can always convert someone to wing or it gives Treliving flexibility to deal one of our centres eventually. Listened to an interview last night that suggested Merkeley was already playing the wing.
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2. Would you still go ahead and pick Merkley and Konecny knowing what Burke has said about the team needing to get bigger, as both aren’t the biggest?
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If they are the best player available then yes. Of course the Flames do factor in size as something they consider when they make their list so IMO it's unlikely Merkley and Konecny will be the players we have ranked highest at #15. I suspect a guy they like who is bigger will fall to us.
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3. Do you think the defensive prospect pool is deep enough (Wotherspoon, Sieloff, Morrison, Kanzig, Hickey) to not draft a defenseman at #15?
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I don't think our depth has a big bearing on whether we take one or not. You just take the kid you think will be the best NHLer, forward or defenseman. Only position I'd avoid is goalie.
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5. And finally, do you think it is worth moving up in this draft in order to draft Provorov or Werenski and possibly obtain an elite quality defenseman? And if so, what would you give up to make it happen?
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I think it would take at least two 2nd rounders to move up into the top 10, probably more. I doubt we can trade up to get Provorov, I suspect he'll go top 6-7. Werenski may be a possibility.
If the price is right and a kid is there who the scouts really, really want then I love the idea of trading up. I'm just not sure we'll be able to trade up very far so unless we have a guy we like top 10 who slips to 11 or so, it probably won't happen.