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Originally Posted by stemit14
I do wonder how everyone would feel if the flames got Catton in the draft last year instead of Parekh. Obviously he was selected by Seattle before the flames had a chance to take him but I wonder if the flames had a skilled young centre in the system, would there be less concern about bottoming out this year and next year? Only because the flames would still have other skilled defencemen (though likely none as highly skilled as Parekh) like Mews and Brz but would have a skilled centre to fill that hole… with the hope he turns into a legit #1 one day. That would have made it so the flames have Catton and Zary as the potential top 2 centres going forward. It just feels like such a big hole in the team’s future that everyone wants to fix - and many think drafting top 10 is the best way to do it. Which could be true.
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There was pre-draft buzz that the Flames really liked Catton. I think the braintrust were disappointed when SEA grabbed him with the pick immediately before ours.