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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Defensemen under 30:
Andersson 27
Kylington 26 (assuming he re-signs)
Miromanov 26
Pachal 24
Okhotiuk 23
Solovyov 23
Poirier 21
Kuznetsov 21
Jurmo 21
Grushnikov 20
Morin 19
Brzustewicz 19
Hurtig 18
Centers under 30:
Sharangovich 25 (winger)
Schwindt 22
Zary 22 (winger)
Kerins 21
Lipinski 19
We do not have an NHL centerman under the age of 30, nor a prospect that we expect to become an NHLer.
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If that is the list you missed for centers
Damiani - 23
Pospisil (listed as a center and Conroy has publicly talked about how him and Zary view themselves as centers) - 23
Ben Jones - 24
Ilya Nikolaev - 22
Clark Bishop - 27
So we end up with 10 centers for 4 spots and we end up 13 dmen for 6 spots. Most of the dmen under 30 that we expect to become NHLers (especially the waiver fodder we currently have on the big club for dmen 5-7) are there because we lack depth on defence. Part of the reason we do not have waiver fodder at center is because we have depth. But on a pure math basis under your criteria we have more depth at center than we do on defence.
The Flames have a few of defensive prospects that project out to be 5-6 dmen in the NHL. They have almost no prospects that look like they will be top 2 right now and maybe 2 that could be 3-4 guys. Regardless, to me it seems odd to reach for a guy if the top 4 forwards are gone and you are drafting 8th and there are 3 stud dmen available.