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Originally Posted by Cinephile
With the draft lottery being a little over a month away I know a lot of posters here are preparing for the worst in terms of draft order but I'm really hoping (as most are) that the flames win the coveted first overall pick.
Admittedly I haven't seen Matthews play a whole lot aside from YouTube clips but as I read more and more about him from those who have, he's the player I would like to land in the hands of the Flames. Not sure if it was posted in this thread but last month Crawford said an 18 year old Matthews is a better player than the likes of Benn, Daniel, Henrik, and Kopitar all were at the age of 19.
Crawford may be a little biased as he is currently Matthews' coach but nevertheless, who ever wins the lottery is going to acquire a fantastic player.
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I'm torn. I want the Flames to win a "GD lottery" (thanks burkie) for once, and get a stud in Matthews.
...But the other part of me wants to see the Oilers and their mullet fans get the 1st overall again and see the likes of North America and certain parts of Europe absolutely melt down and rage. It would be quite the spectacle. Oilers would hoard their upper deck branded 5x 1st overalls and wouldn't trade a single one, and would challenge for their unprecedented 6th 1st overall the very next season.
The only travesty from the latter would be hearing about them in the media whilst they play in their new 3 iron shaped building, and seeing yet another talent turn into a diving, goal overcelebrating fool that lavishes the importance of putting up numbers over winning.