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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
But that's how you end up with no Cs, because they are valued higher and go faster. So you either reach a bit for a C, or you end up with a constant stream of wingers.
You have to prioritize Cs, or you're always going to be lagging, like the Flames have always been.
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What if they really just didn’t like any centres in their pick wheelhouse, even with a little reach? Their scouting is a strength, so I have to expect they would reach a little bit if they felt it wasn’t a big drop off.
I’m looking at the last few drafts and I’m not seeing many great centres that went around Calgary’s pick, outside of the 2017 draft… except for maybe Stankhoven. And in the 2021 draft, they had Zary and Ruzicka as fairly well regarded centre prospects in the system.
And even in the 2017 draft, they had Dube and Janowski in their prospect line who were fairly highly regarded as centres, and they obviously felt Valimaki was BPA.
I feel this is more a lack of high picks or draft position luck that they don’t have that centre top prospect. Hopefully, they get him this year.