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Originally Posted by Trailer Fire
I want absolutely no part of Nylander. The few Steelheads games I saw I was left expecting more. He was often weak on the puck. He shied away from board battles. He was a bit floaty on the backcheck. Even if that isn't the game he usually plays, I don't want a guy who doesn't commit 100% of the time he is on the ice.
Jost, Brown, Sergachev, Juolevi, and Keller are my 5, in that order. I swear I will go full Ricardodw vs Hamilton on Alex if he is drafted by the Flames. I'd rather trade our 1st for Murray.
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I have the same concerns on Nylander. However I think the Flames highly value compete, desire, consistency, willingness to go to the hard areas. If they take him at #6 then I'm confident those aren't a concern. However if those are a concern then it's likely he's not top 8-10 for the Flames. I know Burke has talked to OHL coaches about him and I'm sure the scouts have as well. They do their homework so I'm not worried there. I highly, highly doubt they would take a forward they perceive as "soft" so if we take him then I don't think its a concern. But because there's a chance they do perceive him as a bit soft I think its far from a slam-dunk he'd be our pick #6 if Tkachuk/Dubois are gone.
I'm not as down on the defensemen crop as some are. Despite our depth in that area I think the Flames look at their system and see a lack of potential top pairing guys coming up. We have a lot of great prospects who probably project to be in the 3-5 range but no #1's or #2's coming up. Benning has said there's at least a couple d-men that project as good #2's.
Here's Button on the d-men this draft (FFWD to 7 mins or so)
https://soundcloud.com/tsn-radio-van...ch-like-linden
He describes this crop of d-men as types like Vlasic, Carlsson, McDonaugh, Bouwmeester. Interesting that he uses Bouwmeester as a comparable for Chychrun (due to skating and offensive ceiling) although obviously Chychrun is stronger and more physical. Button wouldn't be surprised if Chychrun went top 5. I could see the Flames being interested in drafting a d-man like some of those guys.