It was a shame we changed our philosophy. Back when the Flames were dominant in the 80s we had more Europeans than most teams. Also was the first team to have a Russian play in the NHL, and drafted Makarov back when everyone thought there was ZERO chance a Russian would play in the NHL.
Then after a few first round European busts we changed to only drafting Western Canadians. That prob set our prospect pool back 6- 7 years.
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