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belsarius · 07-17-2017, 04:12 PM

Looking at his draft year, no one drafted out of the 1st round has played more games and only two players after the 1st round has scored more points.

For the 2012 draft year there are 7 players outside of the first round that has scored more points. And 4 players have played more games.

For 2011, 15 players have played more games and 17 has scored more points.

Sure it's possible to have used the 2nd to get a better player, but its more likely to have used that 2nd and got a worse player. And this is with a season wasted from mono. If the Flames had used a 2nd round pick to pick up the player Lazar is today it is looking like it was a good use of a draft pick, so trading him for a 2nd seems to me like a good use of the pick.

07-17-2017, 04:12 PM	#154
belsarius First Line Centre Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Edmonton Exp:	Looking at his draft year, no one drafted out of the 1st round has played more games and only two players after the 1st round has scored more points. For the 2012 draft year there are 7 players outside of the first round that has scored more points. And 4 players have played more games. For 2011, 15 players have played more games and 17 has scored more points. Sure it's possible to have used the 2nd to get a better player, but its more likely to have used that 2nd and got a worse player. And this is with a season wasted from mono. If the Flames had used a 2nd round pick to pick up the player Lazar is today it is looking like it was a good use of a draft pick, so trading him for a 2nd seems to me like a good use of the pick. __________________ @PR_NHL The @NHLFlames are the first team to feature four players each with 50+ points within their first 45 games of a season since the Penguins in 1995-96 (Ron Francis, Mario Lemieux, Jaromir Jagr, Tomas Sandstrom).