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Originally Posted by Mike Vernon
If we miss by a few spots we pick 12-14. Seriously people must think their are 15 Sydney Crosbys in the draft this year. How many points does Taylor Hall have this year??? He was No. 1 overall.
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Oh I agree: there's no guarantee what kind of player you're going to get in the draft - only that the more picks you have and the higher they are, the greater your chances of picking up a good one.
But the only way to win in a cap-strapped league is to develop your own talent and thereby have some great players playing for less than their free-agent market value. It sounds to me that, at $5 million per, the Flames are likely paying O'Reilly free-agent market value (or more) during the two years of the contract. Combine that with the rest of their bloated salaries, and lack of guys overperforming their contracts as they develop, and it doesn't look like a recipe for success to me.