Lenny7
Joined: Jan. 2017
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Curious to hear from others in Philly, because I don't recall a moment in history where Bobby Clarke hasn't pointed the finger at someone else...
Only reason I say this, is because they had Sanheim, Myers, Hagg and Morin as their top D prospects at the time, with fringier (fringy?) guys like Lindblom, Rubstov, Frost and Ratcliff as their top forward prospects...I can certainly see logic in taking the *best* forward available, which (at the time) was Patrick.
Obviously hindsight is 20/20, and Makar is a f*ckin' beast, but at the time, those 4 D men that the Flyers already had (Plus Ghost...65 pts as a 24 year old(!!!) and Provorov), were pretty highly regarded.