He could do for sure and I hope Lawrence lights it up and makes the draft class deeper - but not a sure thing he's a center in the NHL, he's only 5'11" which is a bit small for an NHL center, I could see him ending up a winger too.
And then he's got miles to go to catch up and close the gap with Stenberg based on early season offensive performance, I think Stenberg is closer to McKenna right now with how much he's scoring in the SHL, for me that league is very good 15 pts in 19 games is pretty incredible for his draft season. I like Verhoeff too but for the flames landing one of McKenna or Stenberg would be franchise altering - a franchise center is critical but I think you start with the most dynamic forward you can get. Realistically the flames will probably have 3 or 4 top 10 picks coming up would be my guess with how bad the team is and the prospects we have close so I don't think they have to solve every problem in this one draft.
Unfortunately of course it's the Oilers who screwed us by feeding at the welfare trough too long and getting the rules changed meaning even if finishing last flames are likely to pick 3rd.
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