Top pairing potential:
Kylington
Hickey
Andersson
Top 4 Pairing Potential:
Wotherspoon
Morrisson
Culkin
Kulak
Rafikov
Gilmour
Ramage
Ollas-Mattsson
Bottom Pairing:
Kanzig
Sieloff
Cundari
Acolatse
Bruce
A bit uncomfortable lumping Andersson in the "Top Pairing" segment, but before the past season he was apparently ranked that high. He is definitely in the "Top 4" category.
Does Hickey remind anyone else here of Trouba? Is it just me? Maybe a Trouba-Brodie hybrid of sorts. Interested to see how Bruce develops. At this point, it seems to be just a 'hail mary' type of pick that I think has been shrugged off by most, but the kid is intelligent and is nowhere close to being physically developed (like Kanzig was). One of those guys that will interest me in following his development trajectory. He may surprise. Flames have probably had many good long looks at him and liked him enough to draft him vs. inviting him to camp and seeing how he does.
It is nice to look at a wide variety of bodies and talent levels throughout the prospect base, with a heavy concentration on puck moving mobile defencemen.
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