Yeah I don't think Roobrooeck will drop that low in the actual draft, he did have a bad start to the season but he's picked it up in the last little bit. He doesn't seem as good as that top tier but he scores in buckets and he's got a lot of tools, and the forward crop as far as elite players is pretty thin
For the flames it feels like they need a top 5 or 6 pick to be sure of landing a cornerstone. McKenna, Lawrence and Stenberg all seem like forwards who generate enough offence to build around, and Belchetz will probably be an elite winger if he gets a good center to play with. After that I'd rather they not draft a dman given how bad the high end forward depth is but Verhoeff seems like another cornerstone piece and him with Parekh long run is tantalizing, though they are both right shots.
Not that the other players listed beyond those 5 are bad, but for a team like the flames I don't think adding another forward who projects as a good complimentary player or another small waterbug dman will do a lot for them.
It's going to be a long season of waiting for the draft I get the players will try and no anger on my end there but objectively really hope the flames don't pull their usual moves and go on a meaningless charge and end up in the 10-16 range again
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