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Originally Posted by herashak
Monahan was a potential good 2c with some 1c attributes like his IQ and on ice-awareness with good faceoff ability. Seems like tkatchuk is touted with that same IQ and awareness in a different way. I would have gone with the, imo safer pick, the center Monahan. I think based on Tkachuks numbers in the OHL and his quick hands and smarts he has a bit more offensive potential. But Monahans numbers with a bad 67's team showed he could produce offense, and that was right. I'd take bennett first.
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You have it right. If in 2013 the Flames picked a winger, any winger even Drouin, the Flames would have been destroyed. Even in 2016, if there was a potential #1 center available at 6, I take him. Hell if there is a #1 defenseman available, I take him.
In a rebuild, you build up on DMen and Centers. They are easy to move for wingers, even elite wingers, when the time comes. It's the same reason baseball teams draft starting pitching.