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Originally Posted by Bunk
I want a top 3, partially so we don't have to guess for two more bloody months.
Flames have a recent history of getting the last pick of a pretty clear a top tier - Monahan at 6 in 2013, and Bennett at 4 in 2014. So we're gonna get Puljujarvi at 3.
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I like your thinking.
However I'm not sure Monahan was at the bottom of a clearcut top 6 tier. Ristolainen looks like a #1 d-man and unfortunately I think Nurse can be a #2/3 as well. So that top tier was at least 8 players deep. Some would have included Nichushkin in the top tier as well so maybe 9? Or maybe we should say the top tier was actually Jones, MacKinnon, Drouin and Barkov followed by a very strong secondary tier that wasn't far behind the top tier.
2013 is actually very similar to this year IMO in its depth and tier set up.
2013 top tier of Jones, MacKinnon, Barkov, Drouin
2016 top tier of Matthews, Laine, Puljujarvi
2013 secondary tier of Lindholm, Monahan, Nurse, Ristolainen, Horvat, Nichushkin, Morrisey, Wennberg, Domi, Zadorov, Morin, Wennberg
2016 secondary tier of Tkachuk, Dubois, Juolevi, Chychrun, Sergachev, Brown, Nylander, Fabbro, Jost, Keller, McAvoy, Bean