Flames pick up Hextall at 30

tbh i was worried they were gonna take a defender who's going to be a 4-6 dman honestly

not judging by draft stock so far

@FlamesLifer said:

tbh i was worried they were gonna take a defender who's going to be a 4-6 dman honestly

honestly i think hextall can be a top pairing dman if he develops right, but that's wishful thinking rn man

@section7cgy said:

honestly i think hextall can be a top pairing dman if he develops right, but that's wishful thinking rn man

I'd be inclined to agree with you, Hextall's a decent kid, but developing him into a top pairing D-man is a stretch in my book. Reminds me of the '97 draft when we thought Rob Blake and Nicklas Lidstrom were going to be our next big thing. Time will tell if he pans out.

@GrumpyInGrosse come on gramps we cant just compare guys from the 90s to today's draftees man, thats like comparing horse and buggies to space shuttles ngl

@GrumpyInGrosse was just giving you some perspective man, no need to get all grumpy

@tj_morris said:

not judging by draft stock so far

ngl tj i was kinda expecting a better pick but hextall has some hype so i guess we'll see man

@section7cgy said:

ngl tj i was kinda expecting a better pick but hextall has some hype so i guess we'll see man

yeah i feel u, kinda expected a bigger bang from our pick this year but at least we're addressing dman need tbh

@Flames81: yea i feel u man we needed a dman no matter what, cant complain about that ngl

@section7cgy said:

ngl tj i was kinda expecting a better pick but hextall has some hype so i guess we'll see man

tbh hextall has a lot of potential if he develops his skating, just gotta see how it translates to the NHL man

@FlamesLifer yea that skating thing's been a concern for me too, hopefully we got a coach who can help him out ngl

@Flames81 said:

@FlamesLifer yea that skating thing's been a concern for me too, hopefully we got a coach who can help him out ngl

yep definitely gotta see how he progresses on ice, maybe he can learn from hanifin's skating struggles man ngl @section7cgy you thinking 3rd pairing or higher for him?

@FlamesLifer said:

yep definitely gotta see how he progresses on ice, maybe he can learn from hanifin's skating struggles man ngl @section7cgy you thinking 3rd pairing or higher…

tbh i think he's gotta be a 3rd pairing guy at least for now, hanifin's skating has been improved man and he's still struggling imo

@chris_flames said:

tbh i think he's gotta be a 3rd pairing guy at least for now, hanifin's skating has been improved man and he's still struggling imo

idk man i think he's gonna be a 3rd pairing for sure but cant help thinking about how his d-pairing potential is just sitting there waiting to get tapped ngl @chris_flames agrees with me on the skating struggles rn tho lol @Flames81 what do u think about hextall and hanifin forming some kind of duo?