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Originally Posted by Fan69
I dont really see it like that.
For years as a fan and as a reader i have heard constantly that you only get top end defence and centers at the top of the draft. I agree with few exceptions. We have the opportunity to get one of those elusive pieces so we focus on the least important most tradable positions with tij?
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I will try to avoid being antagonistic here.
It isn’t that you ONLY get top centres and defensemen at the top of the draft - it’s that the top of the draft is the easiest place to find them.
But you can’t fixate on position with 18 year olds. The Habs did that with Kotkaniemi and missed out on Quinn Hughes and Brady Tkachuk as a result.
In the Flames’ case, they’re not picking at the top of the draft - they’re picking 9th.
There’s no reason to believe this team will draft any lower over the next three years - they have 11 UFAs over the next two seasons (12 if you include Markstrom, who will be dealt this summer, hopefully before the draft).
If they think Tij is gonna be even 80% of his dad, take him - if this draft has eight other players that are 80% of Jarome Iginla, it’s the draft of the decade.