I would have no problem taking one of the defensemen at number 6. Top-pair D are really hard to find and I'm also a huge fan of making your strengths stronger.
We've got really solid young D in our system and adding a Chychrun or Juolevi to that mix would be perfectly fine with me. The flames have no problems scoring goals, but we had the worst D in the league.
Yes, goaltending, however even I can't blame the whole thing on the goalies (god I hate Hiller). I think it would be pretty awesome to be heading into the 2018-19 season with
Brodie-Hamilton
Anderson/Kylington-Juolevi/Chychrun
As our top-four on defense. I remember a quote about one of the years the Devils won the cup, the opposition coach saying something like "every time I looked up Niedermayer or Rafalski was skating the puck out of their zone."
Glad VAN and EDM aren't picking top-3, but I'm not really worried or upset about being 6th.
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