25th Overall: Greg Nemisz

With their 1st round selection the Flames nabbed center Greg Nemisz from the Windsor Spitfires of the OHL. I dont know much about this guy but from what I have heard he is definitely no the ideal player I wanted the Flames to take. He is big and looks to be projected as a power forward, Sutter's favourite.

With Jordan Eberle and Mattias Tendenby already gone, I was disappointed with who the Flames had left to pick from and Nemisz was probably one of the best avaiable especially in the forward positions.

Here is some info found on tsn.ca on Nemisz:

Pos: Centre
Shoots: R
Height: 6'3
Weight: 197 lbs.
Born: 06/06/1990, Courtice, ON

RANKINGS:

TSN: 27 CSB: 22 NASISS: 28 RLR: 45 McK: 32 THN: 21

Comparable: John LeClair

From TSN: A big, diligent forward with an NHL-calibre shot who protects the puck well and understands the game. But he needs to pick up his skating, add a little more energy to his game. That could mean a fall into the second round, but then they were saying all the same things about Shawn Matthias a couple of years ago.

From NHL Central Scouting: Greg is a big player that goes to the net, he's not overly physical but he doesn't get knocked around either. He is good on the power-play, in the sense that he sets himself at the front of the net, he's hard to move and he bangs in a lot of rebounds from there.

His skating problems really scare me, but he sounds like he is a hard working kid so lets hope he really improves his skating. I like many other Flames fans would have prefered them to select a winger but what can you do. Hopefully Nemisz pans outs and becomes a key part of the Flames future.