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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
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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I think you are confusing "Europeans" with "Russians". Sutter really liked Fins and Swedes, his last two first round picks were Swedish players. He traded for Nillson, Niemenen, and Kipper in his first year here.