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Old 06-03-2025, 09:09 AM   #15829
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Originally Posted by TOfan View Post
You seem convinced Zary has too 2C upside but it doesn’t seem like the Flames think so.

See Morgan Frost. Why would the Flames acquire Frost if Zary could do the job? Rightly or wrongly, I don’t think the Flames see it like you do.

I’ll rewrite it for you.

Connor Zary:
Under 25: check
Top 2C upside: seems unlikely -very not in the foreseeable future with Kadri, Backlund, Afro’s ahead of him.
RHS: nope.

Again, where is this other 25 and under RHS C who’s out there?
To be clear, I don't know that Zary has top-two centre upside. Very difficult to say. I just have Zary the "check" because you gave Mercer the "check", and I really don't see a reason to distinguish between the two on this question.

I also fail to see how your comment regarding the centres ahead of Zary on the depth chart (being Kadri, Backlund and Frost/Afro) does not apply equally to Mercer (if the Flames acquired him).
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