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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The whole LW/RW thing is a little overblown by some. Most wingers can play both sides. Dubois as a left shot appears to prefer the right side but plays all 3 forward positions. Nylander plays both wings. I'm sure Gaudreau is smart enough to play RW and he was tried there was Ferland and Shinkaruk on LW. Laine is a right shooter and appears to prefer LW. Puljujarvi is a right shooter and appears to prefer RW. In my time of watching the Flames we've converted centres to wingers (Stillman, Colborne for example), we've converted LWers to RWers (Colborne, Ferland, Hudler, etc).
We'll draft the best prospect regardless of LW/RW, left shooter, right shooter. The coach can worry about which wingers to switch around when that problem presents itself.
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So Tkachuck can switch positions but McLeod can't? I think the team drafts the player that meets the criteria they have used over the past few years. Character and skill come first. I would think interviews are going to mean a lot in this draft since so many players are so close in skill level. And I do believe that the team will address the right handed shot issue. They went out and did it on the blue line so I can't see them not doing it in the forward ranks.
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
After watching some of that game, I'd rather have Tyson Jost than McLeod.
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Would be an interesting player as well. Lots of speed and he has a knack for finding the net. I wouldn't be against picking him. Looks like he's headed to college though, so may be a player with a longer term development cycle.