To Button on the Fan:
"Hows the draft?" "Whatever Tree said!"
- Good diverse draft.
- Biggest thing is skill.
- Big Skill was a thing but BPA was the run.
- Matt Tkachuk is a skill player. Hard skill to measure, hard to find.
- The Flames list: Knew what other teams in the top 5 were doing except Edmonton. Knew Van was on about two players.
- End of the day Tkachuk is a hard to find player. Pumped.
- Very happy they got to make 9 picks. Fin scout was pushing for Tuulola. Each scout got their guy they were passionate about.
- List of 72 had only a couple guys left. Would've been fully exhausted in 5th round. - --- Went away from their list to go after Linstrom.
- Wow, Linstrom and Fox were hotly contested. Still got Linstrom after the fox pick.
- Sweden scout wanted Linstrom
- Had Parssons high. 54 was the right spot.
- West scouts honed in on Dube , loves his "hunger".
- Jim Cummins was a dog on a bone for Adam Fox. "Brains, Vision and skill". Elite.
- Undersized but there was no way Cummins was going to let the Flames leave the draft without Fox.
- I think he's eluding to a Ghostibhere comparable.
- Sweden scout fought for Linstrom big time. The think he needs to be more offensive, he's too focused on 200ft game. Want him to show off his creativity more.
- Mattson: Big intriguing kid. Raw, inexperienced hockey wise. Tracked him a ton. 6'5" guy raw sill and ability, they had to have him.
- Tuulola: Big power winger and likes to score. Simple guy, give and go type guy. Loves to score. Not as skilled as a Dube guy, but that hunger is there. Scouts fought hard for him.
- Phillips: Connie wanted him in the worst way. Skill and brain, 5'7"-ish. Undeniable. Taking guys like this has worked, we'll keep going with it. Phillips is a Connie pick.
- Falkovsky: They like him last year. Got hurt before they could go back to Europe and watch him. Great mobility, needs to get quicker. They'd be chasing him in 3 years if he was in Nakladals position.
- Next years scouting starts tomorrow with the select 17's.
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