Johnny Rotten, the Flames have had 52 picks since Darryl drafted Dion 7 years ago. Other than Dion (who Darryl gave up on), Darryl's best picks are Boyd, Pardy, Prust and maybe Backlund. The bottom line is some guys may make the NHL but the odds of most of them being any better than a Jamal Mayers, Chris Higgins or Ian White are slim. There is no high end talent to be found.
Virtually every other team has drafted an impact player outside of the top 10 picks since 03 in a draft except Calgary. The fact that you hang your hat solely on hope for the future should give you an indication of how poor the drafting is. If there were something tangible, you'd be mentioning it. Calgary's drafting is grasping at straws
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