07-05-2025, 01:10 AM
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#41
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Originally Posted by Tbull8
Ran it once and flames loved to 1
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Its destiny
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07-05-2025, 11:55 AM
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#42
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Calgary
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^ man it'd be nice to be on that side of one of these for a change
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07-05-2025, 04:56 PM
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#43
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Elbows Up!!
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It would be great if we picked 1 and 2!
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Future historians will celebrate June 24, 2024 as the date when the timeline corrected itself.
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07-06-2025, 03:43 PM
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#44
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Paradise
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I ran at 15 times and the Flames didnt move up once.
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07-06-2025, 11:35 PM
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#45
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Samonadreau
I ran at 15 times and the Flames didnt move up once.
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Logically, then, if you don't run it even once, the Flames should move up 15 times. 
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07-07-2025, 07:02 AM
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#46
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Truculent!
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https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/636...gavin-mckenna/
Pronman is weirdly low on McKenna. Doesn't consider him to be a Celebrini/Bedard level prospect.
Weird.
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07-07-2025, 07:10 AM
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#47
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: NC
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
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Maybe because McKenna isn’t a natural center? Idk
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07-07-2025, 10:25 AM
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#48
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Scoring Winger
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Great news! Maybe Gavin will fall to our 15th overall draft selection in 2026.
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07-07-2025, 10:49 AM
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#49
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
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I think part of the reason is he's been projected to go number #1 for a few years now, and now people will pick apart every little thing about his game.
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07-07-2025, 10:57 AM
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#50
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Jiggy
I think part of the reason is he's been projected to go number #1 for a few years now, and now people will pick apart every little thing about his game.
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Have heard that McKenna is signing with Penn State today.
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07-07-2025, 11:09 AM
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#51
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
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Lol
I wish I could read the article to see why he thinks this. The kid is incredible. Won the CHL player of the year during a season in which he was still 16 for the first half of it. Put up over 2 points per game as a 16 year old. And by that I mean he turned 16 mid season and immediately began producing over 2 points per game, then did the same the next season until turning 17. Then he found yet another gear afte that.
But I guess a questionable opinion will get more attention which is part of the game for a sports writer.
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07-07-2025, 11:33 AM
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#52
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Have heard that McKenna is signing with Penn State today.
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Yep, it's coming.
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07-07-2025, 11:43 AM
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#53
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Have heard that McKenna is signing with Penn State today.
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Big loss for the WHL. But this is the best way to go for him, he's already miles ahead skill wise, and now he has a chance to bulk up since he will be playing less games.
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07-07-2025, 11:46 AM
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#54
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Lol
I wish I could read the article to see why he thinks this. The kid is incredible. Won the CHL player of the year during a season in which he was still 16 for the first half of it. Put up over 2 points per game as a 16 year old. And by that I mean he turned 16 mid season and immediately began producing over 2 points per game, then did the same the next season until turning 17. Then he found yet another gear afte that.
But I guess a questionable opinion will get more attention which is part of the game for a sports writer.
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Not taking a side, but didn't Nolan Patrick do all those things once upon a time?
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07-07-2025, 11:51 AM
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#55
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not taking a side, but didn't Nolan Patrick do all those things once upon a time?
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Umm, no? Born September 1998. Looks to be more like 1.0 pts/game and 1.4 pts/game. Not earthshattering stuff.
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07-07-2025, 11:52 AM
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#56
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not taking a side, but didn't Nolan Patrick do all those things once upon a time?
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Not even remotely close. Patrick's best season was 102 points in 72 games. McKenna just dropped 129 in 56. Both D-1. In Patrick's draft year he had 46 in 33 games. If McKenna somehow drops to that he won't even go top-5.
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07-07-2025, 11:53 AM
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#57
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
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11. Calgary: Viggo Bjorck, C, Djurgarden (Sweden Jr.)
lol the size brigade on here would go crazy.
26. Calgary (via Vegas): Elton Hermansson, LW, Orebro (Sweden Jr.)
What. a. name.
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07-07-2025, 12:20 PM
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#58
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Franchise Player
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quoting Pronman on McKenna
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The top-ranked prospect is Gavin McKenna, who some may recognize from this year’s Canadian World Junior team. He’s a standard/solid No. 1 pick and is analogous to Matthew Schaefer as a prospect.
McKenna was one of the very best players in the CHL this season. He’s an electric forward with truly elite skill and offensive sense. He’s one of the most creative and skilled players I’ve seen in recent years. That McKenna is also a high-end skater who can make his difficult plays at quick tempos gives a lot of confidence about how his game could fare in the NHL. If teams were going to pick him apart, it would be that he’s an average-sized winger who doesn’t have a super high motor, but his talent and scoring are so good that it’s nitpicking. I wouldn’t call him a Macklin Celebrini/Connor Bedard level prospect, but he’s not far off.
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07-07-2025, 12:21 PM
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#59
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Not taking a side, but didn't Nolan Patrick do all those things once upon a time?
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Haha. As others pointed out, not even close. McKenna produced better than Patrick during his rookie season when he was 15/16 years old.
Plus that poor kid couldn't stay healthy.
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07-07-2025, 01:33 PM
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#60
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I believe in the Jays.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ForeverFlameFan
Maybe because McKenna isn’t a natural center? Idk
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That's the only reason I can think of that someone could have that opinion.. McKenna is just a wizard on the ice. Really incredible.
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