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Originally Posted by Hackey
Didn't Nichushkin have a lot of question marks though? Perhaps the Russian factor. He ended up sliding to 10 so obviously there were some doubts with him. I still think Monahan was the obvious choice. Even Mackenzie in that clip says Monahan is the logical choice. Plus if your scouts tell you this is the guy we think we should select I don't see why you would go against them. I'm just so thankful that the teams who did the choosing (Carolina and Edmonton) both seemed to leave us with the better player.
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Originally Posted by Hackey
Well thank god Monahan isn't in a Oiler jersey. Not sure where Nurse was ranked but he is below Ristolainen in that TSN ranking in the clip.
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I'm a bit confused about how you imagine Edmonton had anything to do with Calgary's selection of Monahan, since he was the #6 draft pick, and the Oilers first pick in 2013 was #7. They took Nurse right after the Flames, so I don't see how that had any effect on what the Flames did that afternoon.
As I recall, when the Flames were making their selection the seemingly obvious choice was between Monahan and Nichushkin. I don't remember many other players entering the conversation. Was there much appetite for the Flames to pick one of the "tier two" defensemen (Nurse, Ristolainen) ahead of one of the "tier two" centres (Monahan, Lindholm)?