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Originally Posted by FanIn80
It's a figure of speech. Sometimes we draft 12th, sometimes we draft 14th, sometimes we draft 11th, sometimes we draft 13th... and yes, sometimes we draft 15th.
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The Flames' last 10 earned first-round picks by position:
2023: 16th
2022: 26th (traded to Montreal)
2021: 13th
2020: 19th (traded down to 24th to pick Zary)
2019: 26th
2018: 12th (traded to NY Islanders)
2017: 16th (of 31; made the playoffs that year)
2016: 6th
2015: 15th (of 30; made playoffs; traded to Boston)
2014: 4th
Seven years out of ten, their pick was NOT in the 11-15 range you mentioned. And in one of the other three, the team made the playoffs and won a round.
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You know where we don't draft? In the top 3. Do you know why? Because you can't move up to the top 3 from outside the top 11.
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You could until recently. So what?
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(I mean, we never win the lottery anyway, but even if we did.)
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I suppose you want to blame the Flames' management for not winning the lottery, too.
Or else you're just determined to have something to mope about, even if you have to make it up yourself.