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Old 06-29-2024, 12:46 PM   #1
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Flames With the 170th OA pick, the Flames select C Hunter Laing

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6'6'' 192 lbs right shot center

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Old 06-29-2024, 12:46 PM   #2
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Biggg!! = Good
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Now that’s a size pick lol.
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:47 PM   #4
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One big fella.


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Old 06-29-2024, 12:47 PM   #5
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Sportsnet has him at 6'5 205lbs...
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:47 PM   #6
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The last time we took a big guy named Hunter it worked out great.
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:48 PM   #7
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The last time we took a big guy named Hunter it worked out great.
Means we got another Gaudreau to tag along!
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great hockey name!
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:48 PM   #9
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Father was Captain of the Abbotsford Heat for a couple of seasons

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His dad Quentin Laing played for the Capitals and the Abbotsford Heat.

He’s also a RINK academy kid from Kelowna.
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:49 PM   #11
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It’s a 6th round pick. Seems like he wasn’t on many boarfs
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:49 PM   #12
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Kelowna kid. Maybe a Jarome pick.
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Jesus, am I really this old? I remember this guy like it was yesterday.
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Wasn't Quentin Laing also the captain of the Heat for a while?
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:50 PM   #15
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Did Jarome coach him?
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:50 PM   #16
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Very big and very young

2 years younger than Hoskin
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:50 PM   #17
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The last time we took a big guy named Hunter it worked out great.
Meh. It isn’t the second round
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Old 06-29-2024, 12:51 PM   #18
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May 2006 birthday. Lots of runway to develop
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I’m renaming him Clubber
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