[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by koop

Alright, lets actually dig a little deeper to look at a few of these points you made.


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.



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.

Jiri knows that drafting is extremely difficult and not as easy as many here believe. However he is far too apologetic towards the Flames. Their drafting stinks and there's no way you can sugarcoat it.