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Originally Posted by Sandman
I'm of the mind that if Byfield got picked first, I certainly would not blame the team who took him there. If the Flames were in that position, I confess that I would hope for Byfield-how many times in our history have we had a true, prototypical #1 center with size, speed,and playmaking talent? This kid is one of the younger players in the draft, and still put up 1.82ppg-how many players in the last decade put up numbers like that in thier draft year?Laf is still the concensus #1, but what a great top-3.
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Exactly. I have to admit that my thinking on this has been greatly affected by my Flames bias and witnessing what we've been able to do over the last 20 years with our best player being a winger. If I was drafting I don't know if I'd want to go through that again