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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
Diss is right that there are few, if any, scouts who consider Iginla to be a likely centre at the NHL level. You can ignore that if you want, but it does seem like there is an element that if anyone dares speak negatively about Tij is either accused of "not watching him" or "having a bias".
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We'll see what they say this time next year. Tij said the plan for next season is to go back to junior and run with the center role, and just based on how much this kid progressed this year alone and his relatively young age, I am pretty optimistic that this is the type of guy that can do it. If it doesn't work or he is less productive at center, well at least they tried. All he did was climb all year and given how he played in the post-season, I can't help but wonder where he would be ranked in the draft with a little more runway.
There are a few players that I would be happy with at 9th OA, so I am not in the group that thinks it needs to be Tij at all costs, but I am not sure if the the division of tiers is so strong that it's not reasonable to let the name factor into it a little.