[dammage79]

I'd be happy if they went with 3 young #2 centers and Backlund or Kadri to anchor them until one of them elevated their play enough to supplant them.

Flames have the goalie, the defense pipeline is brimming with talent, they have capable wingers in every spot of the organizational depth chart. They just have a development gap at center. They have 4 NHL centers, a small group of career AHLers flirting with a bottom 6 role(Bishop, Hunt, Rooney, Kirkland), one young center breaking through slowly in Kerins and then there's a 3 year gap to Misa, and long shots Hoskins and Hunter Laing.

They need to draft in 25 positionally, since it's not a deep draft it's the time to swing on some positional need if they not drafting in the lottery. Or dealing one of their excess 1sts to trade for a young RHS C.

I've turned my gaze away from Cozens after the Sabers reported asking price and am now looking at Zegras. Worth taking a flyer on IMO.