Edmonton is going to have a pretty high ranking because of the we blow the dog scenario. Plus there is a lot of cheerleading for their prospect base. But the bottom line with Edmonton for example is that we hear great things year after year, but for the most part they don't pan out.
The fact that Calgary dropped 4 places is a joke, it just shows what kind of prospects are valued when it comes time to grade prospects.
Calgary's prospect strength is on the blue line, and in goal, and I would put our blue line prospects and goaltending prospects up against most other teams in the NHL.
The problem is up front where we heard that we needed more skill players, so the Flames drafted over the last couple with Skill forwards in mind, but we're still a couple of years from that panning out.
I also think that Backlund's lack of production really hurts our rankings as well.
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