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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
The discussion was upside, not where he is currently trending. They are different things.
He has the tools to be better than that. Thus 'upside'.
It has nothing to do with me wanting to be right (which is nothing more than you not having a better argument to make)
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Depends on whether you look at the most statistically probable upside, or the pie in the sky upside that happens once in a blue moon. In any case, this is not relevant to the current discussion, but it does bear pointing out that a case can be made that the Flames have recently drafted for safe floor/low celiing. Which maybe they’ve done again.
That said, it’s a lot more understandable to pick a safe but replaceable player at 28 in a weaker draft than at 16 in a very strong draft. I’d wager neither becomes an NHL regular.