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Originally Posted by The Cobra
The real problem with Calgary’s rebuild is the lack of high draft picks to get elite talent.
That may be changing this year and supplementing their existing prospects with some elite ones will go along way in improving their chances of becoming a contender.
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Wolf was a Calder candidate and Parekh, before coming to the NHL, was a consensus top 5 prospect. That's better than a lot of teams do with 4 top 5 picks.
But yes, the Flames could absolutely use a very high end offensive forward prospect. I think some posters are making too big an issue of the centre vs. winger thing. Ovechkin and Kucherov both led teams to 4 of the last 8 Stanley cups with good but not franchise level centers.
And obviously dreaming at this point, but McKenna is the type of player that if Reschny develops into a solid 2 way centre who can put up 70 points, that's good enough. McKenna, while not a centre, does much of the work of a centre, in terms of carrying the puck and setting up plays.