I voted Lindstrom simply because he's a 4th round pick, and Calgary has found some gems in the 4th round recently. He played 4 games on one of the best teams in the Swedish mens league. Unless he was called up at the end of the season to rest vets for the playoffs, I can't imagine a top team calling an 18 year up if he didn't have some skill that warranted it.
Hathaway would be my next pick, but its looking that won't be necessary. The Flames might get 2-3 years of good 4th line hockey out of him. That does count for something even though it's not an exciting pick.
It is interesting that Kylington and Andersson are much more highly touted, much earlier draft picks and went no 4 and 6 in the CP rankings, yet Adam Ollas Mattsson is the only one of three to play a World Junior game for Sweden.
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