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FlamesAddiction · 06-10-2025, 02:27 PM

I appreciate the effort and it kind of drives home the point that you are really unlikely to get a star center outside of the top 3 or 5 and even then, you often have to do it a few times to find one because the quality of drafts varies year-to-year.

The 2013 draft is a perfect illustration to me about the tier difference from top 3 and beyond for centers.

Mackinnon and Barkov went #1 and #2, the Lindholm and Monahan at #5 and #6. Do Colorado and Florida have recent Cups if they have Lindholm and Monahan instead? Probably not. And nothing against the latter two. They were good picks and arguably the best picks to be made at that point. Horvat and Domi were the centers drafted next. The talent level just drops off that much with centers in typical drafts.

06-10-2025, 02:27 PM	#2
FlamesAddiction Franchise Player Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Vancouver Exp:	I appreciate the effort and it kind of drives home the point that you are really unlikely to get a star center outside of the top 3 or 5 and even then, you often have to do it a few times to find one because the quality of drafts varies year-to-year. The 2013 draft is a perfect illustration to me about the tier difference from top 3 and beyond for centers. Mackinnon and Barkov went #1 and #2, the Lindholm and Monahan at #5 and #6. Do Colorado and Florida have recent Cups if they have Lindholm and Monahan instead? Probably not. And nothing against the latter two. They were good picks and arguably the best picks to be made at that point. Horvat and Domi were the centers drafted next. The talent level just drops off that much with centers in typical drafts. __________________ "A pessimist thinks things can't get any worse. An optimist knows they can." Last edited by FlamesAddiction; 06-10-2025 at 02:44 PM.