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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
The continued development of other young players will definitely give them some options and hopefully have them dealing from a position of strength if they've not been able to meaningfully address center through the draft.
I personally think the organization is a couple drafts away from having the prospect pipeline depth in order to acquire an asset like a number one center, for the rare occasions those trades are available.
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It depends on the situation and who you call a #1 center, but the Flames have the picks and cap space to match trades that landed JT Miller or Jack Eichel.
Also, lots have said we have 0 chance at a top center in the draft mainly because Wolf is too good.
Jacob Markstrom was the #1 goalie prospect in the NHL and has had a good career but has had years where Flames fans wanted to run him out of town
Carey Price got booed in Montreal and Halak was the talk of the town.
Luongo had his ups and downs.
Shesterkin and Vasilevskiy has had their ups and downs.
Kipper had his ups and downs too.
It's really hard to say the Flames will have no chance at a top 5 pick because of 1 player and that player being a goalie.