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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Calgary has never based its "ledges" based on positional need. It may base the order within each tier based on that, but if they think a player is a top 8 talent and they have a plethora of center depth, that just means that player will be ranked 8th instead of 4th.
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Agreed. However its easily possible that the second tier is actually from 4-10 or 4-12. We've seen suggestions from scouts about that. The narrowing down to 8 then could be influenced by positional needs or philosophy.
Brown averaged out to 13th on Mackenzie's latest pre-lottery rankings. It suggests most teams/scouts don't see him in the top 10. I think teams "reach" for big centres on draft day because they are so hard to get. I think that is why there is recent talk of him going top 8-10. In this case I think its feasible Brown is outside the top 8 for Calgary and we're not a team that needs to reach for a big centre due to poor depth in that area. I could be wrong and Brown could be in our top 8, its certainly possible. But he's far from a consensus top 10 pick.