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Originally Posted by Royle9
I love how we keep pandering for that #1 Center whos 6'4 and built like Lindros to take us to the cup final in 2028.
Its 2025, we haven't seen a top line #1 center in 2 decades.
We kinda/sorta had a good one in Monahan who then got hurt, real bad, many times we shipped out for spare parts.
We drafted Bennett who was "maybe" going to be a 1a/1b but he wasn't a BIG center either and we also traded him for 6 cents on the dollar.
And yet we keep circling back to "WE NEED A HUGE #1 center" over and over and over again, wheras these guys just don't exist and certainly nobody trades you one.
We're not bad enough to suck our way to a top 3 pick, let alone the #1 pick where most of those guys are drafted. Do we just continue to suck and pray/hope we get a #1 O/A pick here soon?
I'm baffled at some of these responses.
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To clarify my perspective, we don’t need Lindros although it would be nice. How about a Getzlaf, Kopitar, Matthew’s, or Thornton? Average, or above, would probably do. Bergeron, MacKinnon also fine. Niether are 5’9” though.
If the Flames want to compete for a cup and have a 5’9” C, he better be elite. I’m skeptical Rossi is that guy.