Honzek for me. I am sure there will be people making the argument of 'shiny new toy', but for me, Honzek checks-off everything you want in a 'franchise level player' - size, speed, skill, IQ, shot. Wolf might be good enough to be a 'face of the franchise' type for this team, but few goalies ever become that. Roy was for Montreal, but not Colorado. Lundquvist probably was. Hasek defintely was in Buffalo. However, the face of the franchise is usually a skater, and out of all the prospects, I feel Honzek as the most potential to get there.
I am very high on the Flames' prospect base as a whole, and see some players with a potential to be stars - Coronato, Pelletier, Poirier, Morin, etc. I also assign huge value on a guy like Klapka, who I think could develop into a very important piece later on if he continues to progress. Guys like Zary, Kuznetsov, Stromgren, Suniev, etc - all show high potential too.
At this point, I see Honzek as the most likely 'franchise player' in the years to come, rather than being down on guys like Coronato. I think Honzek as a fairly complete high-end package will make a lot of people wonder how he didn't go top 10 in the draft in a couple of seasons.
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