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Old 06-23-2015, 10:48 AM   #180
GioforPM
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Originally Posted by ricardodw View Post
How times change:

Monahan, Bennett, Backlund, Stajan, Shore

Plus guys that were centres that got moved to the wing to play in the NHL .. Colborne, Bouma, Jooris, Granlund Plus best prospect in the AHL Arnold being a centre

If you were a NCAA Centre that was graduating after this coming year that might be able to play in the NHL in the next 2-3 years AND could pick their team would you pick the Flames?

A few years ago Stajan, Backund, Horak, Blair Jones, Begin, Rienhart were the centre depth and Cammalleri and Tanguay were being forced to play centre to fill in the spot.

Basically a UFA NCAA centre would look at the Flames and figure he had a chance to slot in at #3.... (Knight for instance)
There's almost no chance Granlund, Jooris or Bouma will play centre any more, and Arnold is not close to making the team IMO. Jankowski is a couple years away still, about when Stajan will be done here. The 3-4 centres will be Backs, Janko, Shore or Colborne, and the latter two can play wing.
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