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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
The 2005 draft was six years ago. If you go six years without producing anything that can step in to the lineup, you are going to see major holes in your roster. Not coincidentally, we suffered this season with major holes in our roster.
When you get right down to it, Phaneuf is the only player we've drafted in the last decade who has, at this point, shown an ability to be anything more than a role player. Lombardi and Kobasew on the fringe of something better, and then what? The Flames really need a couple of these guys to take a quantum leap.
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I count five years from 05. I think before we start questioning any player as a bust, he generally needs five years. Two years in junior and three in the minors. From the 05 draft we have Pelech and Sutter who should make the team. I haven't been real high on Pelech but he's showing a lot of promise and is a late developer what with injuries and his late birthday. Defencemen generally need a little more time to show they're ready than forwards, so they don't have the glamour of the offensive dynamos and it seems most of our best picks are defencemen.
Another player in the last five years, who made the NHL that we developed although didn't draft, was Ryan Wilson. We seem to do pretty well with signing junior FAs, now we just have to hang on to them.