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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Agreed on all points. I honestly don't think Seguin is a tier above even now. Seguin does put up better stats but I don't even think he's the best player on his line.
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Hall is a very skilled offensive player.
For a while now I've been philosophically opposed to building around wingers. I watched certains teams do it earlier and have never found the results to be impressive. CGY with Iginla, ATL with Kovalchuk/Heatley then Hossa, WSH with Ovechkin. I just have never been impressed with teams where their best offensive player was a winger. So starting a new rebuild off by picking Hall? Meh. Seguin had franchise centre potential, I do think they botched that one by not understanding that centres are the more important position. They have a bigger impact towards winning/losing and more easily make the players on their line better.
Bringing it back to this draft that is why I would never consider taking Laine over Matthews. But if our scouts see Laine/Matthews on the same tier and we end up drafting #1 then I have no problems trading down one spot to take Laine but only because we already have Bennett and Monahan and are in dire need of a #1 RW. I believe we already have two franchise centres so getting a #1 RW with size plus additional assets would be something worth exploring.