I agree with loading up on centers in this draft, and I even suggested months ago that I too, would be fine with selecting a C with every pick. However, if a D like Radim Mrtka, Jackson Smith, or Kashawn Aitcheson is available, and we were to go with one of them, I would be absolutely fine with it. Those 3 would be hard to pass up, and they are all going to be massive difference-makers in the NHL. Plus:
-We have an amazing stable of D prospects, but they are all six-footers and not all that physically intimidating. I know there's many here who don't subscribe to the size theory, but it would be nice to have a blue-chipper or two on the backend with some size and/or snarl.
-If we were to take a D in the first round, we could always trade (potentially) one of young D for a young C.
-Coming away with Aitcheson and Reschny in the first would be solid (with the way Aitcheson is playing in the playoffs, he'll likely be taken before our pick anyway), then take someone like C Tyler Hopkins with our second rounder.
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