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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Battaglia for me - but dead heat with Morin, Mews and Basha.
I think Morin has top pairing upside - the #2 guy on a top pair, or an anchor for the 2nd pairing. He reminds me of Giordano.
Mews has the higher offensive ceiling over Morin. I am interested to see what college does to his game.
Basha will be an NHL player, and probably in the middle-six I think. It is hard not to like this kid. He has that 'it' factor like Tkachuk had in my opinion. The "I am an NHLer already" vibe to him.
Went with Battaglia simply because I believe he has top line winger potential who can also be physical and hard to play against. I think he will be hard to contain at the NHL level as he develops, not only for his physicality, but his soft hands and IQ too.
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Battaglia took a pretty massive step forward this year after taking a big step forward in his draft year. Likely showed the most progressions of any of the Flames' prospects two seasons in a row.
I haven't see a lot of his play, but his scouting reports have a number of similarities to those of Jason Robertson (great shot; good decision making/play making skills; bigger body; skating issues the biggest weakness), and he's been drafted out of the same program.
I like the Mews/Morin/Basha too, but I feel Battaglia has the greatest chance to develop into a top line goal scorer. I'd even put him ahead of Gridin at this point.