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Originally Posted by Funkhouser
I wish I knew who the Flames were planning to take last year with the 15th pick...in retrospect, Conner looks like he will be a surefire top 6er.
The Jets have some great young pieces
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All these things lead me to speculate that if we don't make the Dougie trade, we draft Kyle Connor:
-Tod's brother Craig ranking him
way up at #6
-Treliving said they discovered Ryan Lomberg from "all the times" they went to go watch Kyle Connor at Youngstown.
-Connor put up almost identical stats in the USHL to Gaudreau. I think our team's scouting of the USHL is proven from the Gaudreau pick.
-"Someone" was on the phone with Winnipeg's GM right before the Jets made their pick, I remember watching and whoever was talking to Cheveldayoff seemed to be extremely aggressive in trying to get that 17th overall and Chevy just laughed and shook his head about it. After the draft when talking about it, Brad or Conroy revealed that after they traded 15th away, they tried
really hard to "get back into the first round".