Alright, lets actually dig a little deeper to look at a few of these points you made.
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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
- Where they draft, particularly in the 1st round
- How many high round picks they have. In general Sutter has had to use picks to fill out his NHL team while asset-rich organizations like Colorado have been able to do the opposite - stockpile 1st, 2nds and 3rds to fill out the entire pipeline. More bullets in the chamber=more chance to develop NHLers.
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Since 2003 the Avs first picks in the draft have came at 63, 21, 34, 18, 14, 50, 3 (29 average) The Flames have picked first at 9, 24, 26, 26, 24, 25, 23 (22.4 average)
2003
Colorado- 8 picks Calgary-9
2004
Colorado- 9 picks Calgary-10
2005
Colorado-9 picks Calgary-8
2006
Colorado-6 picks Calgary-8
2007
Colorado-9 picks Calgary- 5
2008
Colorado-7 picks Calgary-7
2009
Colorado-7 picks Calgary-6
Total
Colorado-55 picks Calgary-53 picks
So Colorado has had 2 more total picks since 2003, has had less first round picks than the Flames, and on average their first pick is later than that of the Flames.
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- How many high round picks they have. In general Sutter has had to use picks to fill out his NHL team while asset-rich organizations like Colorado have been able to do the opposite - stockpile 1st, 2nds and 3rds to fill out the entire pipeline. More bullets in the chamber=more chance to develop NHLers.
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Maybe you should double check things like this before you post. There are a lot of reasons/factors for the Flames poor draft record, but if you think they are somehow unique in the amount of picks they have had or the location of those picks you should probably compare them to other teams around the league before making statements like that.