Tod Button was on the Flames Firestarter podcast recently and mentioned that they were honing in specifically on Dmen initially due to a positional need, but when the Flames signed Mackey and Poolman that changed things and allowed them to focus on simply the best player available.
Based on the various draft lists, the focus on D in that range sounds like Kaiden Guhle (6'3", 187, left shot), Braden Schneider (6'2", 209 lbs, right shot), and Justin Barron (6'2", 198 lbs, right shot). There appears to commonly be a gap before and after that grouping.
As for forwards, there's several I like the sounds of.
Not knowing much about any of the kids, I like Mercer and Jarvis but expect they won't be around at 19, but one of Amirov, Zary, Holloway, Lapierre, Bourque, Gunler, and Perreault would be nice by the sounds of it.
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