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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
Merkley is growing on me. Slightly bigger and more durable than Konecky. They would both fit in with the hard-working mantra the Flames have established, and they both have great hockey smarts. For some reason I don't think either make it to us at 15 anyway. Barzal is another one I would be ecstatic to see drop to us, but it's unlikely.
Svechnikov seems like a really solid option, but I've still got a man crush on Brock Boeser. Top line RW sniper that plays a power game. At 15 he's a 'swing-for-the-fences' type pick.
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If Konecky and Merkley don't make it to us at 15 that means we're probably going to end up with another really good player as one of them would have dropped.
In the list to go before 15 I have:
McDavid, Eichel, Marner, Strome, Zacha, Provorov, Hanifin, Crouse, Werenski, Connor, Rantanen, Meier, and Barzal (not necessarily in that order). So if Konecky and Merkley are in that top 14, at least one really good player will fall to us at 15.
I personally don't believe that will happen though. I think Konecky and Merkley are both very good players too, but I keep hearing the 'we need to get bigger' thing from Burke ringing in my ears, so I think the BPA for the Flames is the player with skill and size, and Konecky isn't really that big at all. I still prefer Merkley to him regardless because I think there are some question marks of Konecky's skating and speed.
I agree with you about Boeser though, because I think the Flames are probably really high on Connor and if they don't get him then I think they'll love Boeser. Seems to have all the tools.
There will still be so many great options at 15. That's what I love about this draft, there are players who will go in the 2nd round that are potentially first rounders.