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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
So if we miss out on the top ranked C and Ws then we have a bunch of top 4 defensemen to pick from as well? Man is this draft looking juicy. Such a good consolation prize if we drop out of the playoff race.
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That's why I'm kind of ambivalent whether the Flames finish in the playoffs or in the bottom five. Being intellectually honest, Calgary lacks about 4-5 decent secondary pieces that will be exposed eventually as the playoffs progress and if they face Anaheim in the first round, I doubt that we would see much change from the series a year ago. If they don't make the playoffs they are likely going to get either a huge RW or another high end D-man. In the coming seasons, we could see our defense corp of Giordano-Brodie, Kylington-Hamilton, 2016 1st round pick-Andersson/Hickey. That would easily rival Nashville for the best D-corp top to bottom.
The Flames are heading in the right direction overall whether they make the playoffs or not. Getting another high end piece would do nothing but help.
I think if the Flames are picking say 9th/10th that they'd take Gauthier instead of one of the group of LW/C ahead of him. It will be interesting to see whether they can add another late 1st if they trade Hudler at the end of next month.