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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
I think Sergachev has a chance to be the top defenseman taken as well.
To me it makes a ton of sense for VAN and EDM to take a d-man but they may believe Tkachuk/Dubois are clearly BPA at those spots. It's really hard to say. I think they should be prioritizing dmen in EDM's case or dmen and top line centres in VAN's case.
It's possible that both teams fairly equally like 2-3 of Tkachuk, Dubois, Brown, and 2-3 of the dmen and that both teams would be fine trading back a couple spots and still grabbing one of the kids in that 4-8 range.
It's hard to rule much out this point. I could see EDM taking Tkachuk, Dubois or a dman if they stay at 4. I could see VAN taking Tkachuk, Dubois, Brown or a dman if they stay at 5.
We're guaranteed to get one of Tkachuk, Dubois, Brown, Chychrun, Sergachev, Juolevi or Nylander so I'm pretty happy. In fact we'll have our pick of 5 of those guys. This top end looks pretty deep to me so whichever kid the Flames scouts like at #6 I'm going to be pretty happy with. I'd be pretty surprised if it wasn't one of those seven names.
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oh for sure, this is a nice draft and we will definitely get someone of great quality. I wonder if the Flames will take a run at signing # 87 off of Russia's world cup team ? Can't spell his name.. Shipachev ?