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Originally Posted by Caged Great
of all the recent high end draft picks, the player Laine reminds me the most of is Draisaitl. The main difference though is Laine is legitimately fast, where skating was an issue with Draisaitl at this point in his development. For me, there are only three players since 2013 that I would clearly take over him and that's McDavid, Eichel and Matthews. After that the waters are a lot more murky and it largely would depend on organizational need moreso than anything due to the fact that most of the guys at the high end are really good players. If you are in a situation like the Flames currently are, where they are flush with LW C and D, Laine probably would emerge as the #1 on your list after those three players. If you needed a D-man, it would be a battle between Jones, Ristolainen and Ekblad. Everything just depends on the team picking at that point.
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Boy, the Flames could use a Draisaitl. God I hate the fact the Oilers have him. What a player.