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Originally Posted by JJsChaos
So let me get this straight...
People in the forums are excited about getting a player that put up 2nd line points at best one time in his career, paying him 6.5 million dollars, and giving up a 1st and 3rd round pick that most likely will be Jones, Drouin, MacKinnon, Barkov, etc?
So that would leave us with a 4th and 6th round pick this year?
I've never felt so frustrated as a Flames fan in my life. I'm so jealous watching these teams with young, homegrown, dynamic players putting in effort, and entertaining the fans night after night. I know I'm doing a bit of  right now, but I'm feeling super p'd right now. |
exactly. look at the Stanley Cup champions for the past decade, they're all stocked full of their own draft picks and homegrown talent. look at the Flames roster in comparison, they have a total of 4 players that were drafted by Calgary (and one of those is Begin). when you look at the moves first made by Sutter and now by Feaster, it's quite obvious that this franchise doesn't respect the draft at all and/or are so bad at scouting talent that they'd rather throw picks away in favor of desperately trying to win now instead of planning for the future.
the Flames will never get a sniff of success until the whole mentality changes in that franchise, and they hire a GM who is capable of finding quality talent via the draft (and not just in the 1st round)