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Originally Posted by Erratik
I agree he doesn't fill a need for us, but I would still rather have Brown than Nylander.
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Agreed. Guess it should be time to do a pre-lottery ranking of my own for my own perception of Flames needs/philosophy. Don't think I've done one since the U18s.
1. Matthews (C)
2. Laine (W)
3. Puljujarvi(RW)
T4. Tkachuk (LW)
T4. Dubois (C/W)
T6. Chychrun (D)
T6. Juolevi (D)
T6. Sergachev (D)
9. Brown (C)
10. Nylander (W)
What a cop out right? I dunno I can't decide between Dubois/Tkachuk. Like Dubois's skating better but I like Tkachuk's jam around the net better. Haven't seen enough of the d-men to have a big preference for them. I would guess those 3 are the top d-men for the Flames.
Maybe I'm being too harsh on Nylander. I just think average sized goal scoring wingers aren't as hard to trade for as other positions. A lot of 30+ goal scorers have been traded in their careers. I'm a bit worried about his size/strength. I'm not as big a fan of the pure skilled winger with average size as other people are. I think potential top 3 dmen (Chychrun, Juolevi, Sergachev), potential 1st line forwards with size, skill, power and skating (Laine, Puljujarvi, Dubois, Tkachuk), and potential big top two line centres (Matthews, Brown) are all more valuable. I see Nylander as an Alex Kovalev type. Crazy skill and scores but he's not really a guy that drives you to the Cup finals and he's not the type of guy that would get a king's ransom in trade.