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Originally Posted by bax
It's a fair criticism, but you can apply it league wide as well. How many teams have drafted and developed a top line center that wasn't a top 5 pick?
Mark Schiefele
Sean Couturier
Patrice Bergeron
Brayden Point
Mathew Barzal
I count 5 and even then that's a pretty shaky list. The only sure fire number 1 there is Bergeron.
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Point, Barzal, and Schiefele are for sure #1s. Some more are Aho, Kopitar (back in the day), O'Reilly. Zibanejad and Hertl are better than the centres the Flames have drafted and developed in the last few decades. How many teams can say they haven't drafted, developed, or acquired a #1 C for thirty years?