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FlameZilla · 03-02-2013, 06:58 PM

All this talk of dealing everyone to hoard picks has me looking at our draft history. Looking at the 1997 draft on hockeydb I remember the Flames brass being excited that we had so many picks (6th overall, three 2nd rounders, a 3rd rounder, two 4th rounders etc). Dan Tkaczuk played 19 NHL games for us and NONE of the other selections played a single game for us. Our drafting has improved, but it's still a huge gamble.

Edit: picks Ryan Ready & Erik Andersson from the 97 draft played a combined NHL 19 games

03-02-2013, 06:58 PM	#49
FlameZilla First Line Centre Join Date: Dec 2005 Exp:	All this talk of dealing everyone to hoard picks has me looking at our draft history. Looking at the 1997 draft on hockeydb I remember the Flames brass being excited that we had so many picks (6th overall, three 2nd rounders, a 3rd rounder, two 4th rounders etc). Dan Tkaczuk played 19 NHL games for us and NONE of the other selections played a single game for us. Our drafting has improved, but it's still a huge gamble. Edit: picks Ryan Ready & Erik Andersson from the 97 draft played a combined NHL 19 games Last edited by FlameZilla; 03-02-2013 at 07:00 PM.