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Old 04-19-2024, 05:19 PM   #11
Goriders
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post
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.
Sorry I missed two guys from the first round. You are correct the first two rounds are important. But my point is you don’t have to strive to be garbage to build a good team.
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