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Originally Posted by indes
I'm not sure why people don't like Nylander for us. RH winger who's not small and has a high ceiling.
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I like him as a prospect. I think he'd be a great pick in the 8-10 range.
My argument is thus:
1) Wing is the least important and least valuable position
2) We need power forward wingers more than skilled finesse wingers. We have skilled wingers with Gaudreau, Shinkaruk, Mangiapane. We have no top two line powerforwards unless Ferland develops into one
Therefore at #6 in a draft with a good top end we should be drafting the most valuable positions (big top two line centres, top 3 defensemen) or if we take a winger we should take the rarer commodity and the commodity we need more, which is the skilled power forward.
I think the Flames place a lot of value on potential top pairing defensemen, higher than some other teams. Wouldn't surprise me if Juolevi and Sergachev are ahead of Nylander for the Flames because of this. It's not because Nylander sucks or he's too soft or he's too weak. It's because you don't build around skilled wingers, you build around centres and defenders. Only wingers I think the Flames have really high are the skilled, big, powerforwards. Skilled powerforwards are a lot harder to find, sign or trade for than skilled finesse wingers.
Didn't Burke say at the season ticket holder event that Nylander and Brown weren't really in our range? I guess people think he's lying?