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Originally Posted by YyjFlames
It's a little easier to look back at drafts and say who teams should have picked than looking forward. These guys are 17 and 18 year olds after all.
Did you post about anyone like you're posting about Parekh in previous drafts?
Although, to be fair, I do like your passion for Parekh... and I sure hope if he's what you think he's going to be, he falls to the Flames at nine and they take him.
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No - I haven’t bothered to do much studying for the draft since Tkachuk, truth be told.
I look at most of the top-10 and I see only a few players that would reasonably end up in Calgary long term.
I don’t think any of the Russians “want” to come here - though if Demidov falls into their laps, and they prioritized getting Kuzmenko and Sharangovich here long term for him, I’d be thrilled.
I don’t trust the American NCAA players at such a premium slot.
Lindstrom has a back injury that he’s still not recovered from.
That leaves Parekh, Dickinson, Catton, Iginla and Helenius for me.
I think Dickinson looks fantastic - he seems like a mix of Doughty and Hamilton.
Catton is a fine consolidation if everyone else has Been taken.
Helenius seems more Backlund/Lindholm to me, and I think there are guys with higher ceilings.
Iggy at 9 is still my preference if we stand pat.
But of all those, I see Parekh as having the highest game changing potential, and if the chance is there to move up and get him, I think they should do it because I don’t think he’ll be there at 9.
But I freely admit I don’t know anything.