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Originally Posted by Goriders
When I look at your summary I notice there’s one drafted player in the top ten of any of the draft years. In fact only two first rounders.
That might blow apart the tank strategy. Or at least I sure hope it does. I personally don’t want to watch the san jose sharks for 82 games next year.
If markstrom and Mangiapane are moved in the summer the flames are going to have $15 to $20 million sitting around along with a ton of draft picks. If you’re smart you could rebuild the team pretty quickly.
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Think it's 4 1st rounders that are high impact.
Heiskanen (4th OV)
Harley (18)
Johnston (23)
Oettinger (26)
And then 3 second rounders that look to be high impact
Robertson (39)
Hintz (49)
Stankoven (47)
Moral of the story is you need to draft well in the top 50 of drafts when you have those picks, and you need to try to accumulate more of those top 50 picks.
Flames recent top 50 picks:
Honzek (16)
Morin (48)
Coronato (13)
Stromgren (45)
Zary (24)
Kuznetsov (50)
Pelletier (26)
And they added Grushnikov (48) in the trade from Dallas.
I agree though and have long stated that the people that focus on "Needing top 5 picks to win a cup" are focusing on the wrong thing. You need to have some high picks, but you don't need to tear it down to the studs. You need to draft well at all positions of the draft and that is how you succeed.