[News] With the 18th OA pick, the Flames select C Cole Reschny

[Snuffleupagus]

Originally Posted by stemit14

I just want him to be used as a top 3 centre whenever he starts playing with the big club. Not a winger for the first season or two, or a centre on the 4th line. He is a centre. Play him at centre on a line with enough skill to contribute some offence.

It’s why I think another year in the NCAA would be good for him. By then, he likely dominates the NCAA as a centre while also building strength and conditioning. By the 2027-2028 season, he comes into a team that could have picked top 5 in both the previous drafts and be starting in a new arena. Lots of momentum to build on in the organization by then. Plus there will likely be even fewer vets on the team by then so more opportunity.

One defensive mistake Huska will have him on the wing the next game. book it.

[DoubleK]

Originally Posted by stemit14

Will the flames really need the cap space the following season if they did buy him out? I would rather not have another older player on the roster taking up a spot from a young player.

This is why I suggested a buyout. But as Mr Mike suggested, perhaps a retained Palat can get you a pick at the deadline. He's not living up to his $6M AAV in NJ, but I really like the player and what he brings. He was playing up with Hughes and Bratt for a period this year and I thought he looked good, particularly in the Colorado game, he just can't score.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Fan69

Really makes the center problem glaring.

Not as extreme as you'd think. A player like McKenna turns a 50 point center into a 70+ point centre.

The Flames definitely need a marquee offensive player, but when was the last time a team had both a franchise level winger and a franchise level centre playing together? (I guess that depends on how big of a Jonathan Toews fanboy you are, even then that was pre current draft lottery rules.)

The championship teams led by wingers had guys like Point, Backstrom, and Kuznetsov playing with their star wingers. Those are good players, but there's no reason a guy like Reschny can't play at that level paired with McKenna.

If the Flames ever did draft McKenna, they have McKenna, Wolf, Parekh, and Reschny in the fold. That's a much better group than most teams start out with post rebuild. The rest comes to internal development and asset management.

[Fan69]

Originally Posted by blankall

Not as extreme as you'd think. A player like McKenna turns a 50 point center into a 70+ point centre.

The Flames definitely need a marquee offensive player, but when was the last time a team had both a franchise level winger and a franchise level centre playing together? (I guess that depends on how big of a Jonathan Toews fanboy you are, even then that was pre current draft lottery rules.)

The championship teams led by wingers had guys like Point, Backstrom, and Kuznetsov playing with their star wingers. Those are good players, but there's no reason a guy like Reschny can't play at that level paired with McKenna.

If the Flames ever did draft McKenna, they have McKenna, Wolf, Parekh, and Reschny in the fold. That's a much better group than most teams start out with post rebuild. The rest comes to internal development and asset management.

While i get your point, and i do think Reschny is going to be a gooder, if Potter busts or is shifted from center Reschny is basically what we got.

I am hoping that we pick top five ( any of Mckenna,Belchetz,Lawrence,Vaerhoff,Bjork) with some honourable mentions at this point of early drafting, that are game changers to me. Use our second of three firsts from a trade to grab one of Malhotra or Hextall to add to our center depth. Then use the third first to grab whoever you think is the best defender with that pick unless a winger is just clearly better.


We could walk out of the draft if we dont pick first, which is likely, with Lawrence, Malhotra/Hextall, defencemen in the first round.

My point more generally was our center depth is awful and their are some centers in this draft.

Now having said all that a shout out my boy Hoskin!
As well as the Taco King!
If one or both of these guys could finally steady that bottom six center position for more than half a season it would be huge and lessen the pressure of filling that position that seems to have been a revolving door forever.

[looooob]

Originally Posted by blankall

The Flames definitely need a marquee offensive player, but when was the last time a team had both a franchise level winger and a franchise level centre playing together?

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how do we deal with the Edmonton situation with regards to this question?