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Originally Posted by Split98
Right, that's what I'm saying they do. Like the article that started this whole topic.
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Not quite, the article states that Matthews is the "consensus" 1st overall but that we stray from that because we already have two frachise centres.
IMO if the Flames have Matthews as the #1 then we're happy to take him #1 even with Bennett and Monahan in the fold. That said we're obviously one of the few teams set enough at centre that we could entertain trading down to select one of the wingers if the Flames scouts don't see any dropoff from Matthews to the wingers.
I didn't take from the article that the Flames had Puljujarvi ahead of Matthews although having Laine/Puljujarvi ahead of Matthews would present an interesting scenario.
I'm with Craig Button that if two players are close you take the centre. I tend to think Matthews would top our list.
Will Puljujarvi/Laine vs Matthews start to resemble the Taylor vs Tyler debate? I guess we'll see