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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
So, your argument that ROR should not have been signed because he's not the Flames draft pick isn't sound.
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that was never my point, I couldn't care less that he's not a Flames pick. My point was that you should always trade from a position of strengths, but for the Flames, draft picks are definitely not an area where they have a fortune to trade from. There also seems to be a notion on this board that ROR is better than everyone from the upcoming draft who is not named MacKinnon, Jones, Drouin or Barkov. I disagree, this is a very deep draft. ROR himself was a 2nd round pick who had 16 goals and 66 points in 67 OHL games in his draft year ... good, but not overly impressive. There are guys in the upcoming draft that have at least the same potential, also at the center position. Monahan and Lindholm look really good, and a guy like Frederik Gauthier (a playmaking center, 6'4 and 220, with 19 goals and 57 points in 56 games) can probably be had at around 15. There are guys in this draft that can be just a cornerstone like ROR would be, only 3 years younger. ROR may be older and proven in the NHL, but he'll also be very expensive very soon.
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Originally Posted by Northendzone
To me this continues to validate that no matter what, the draft is a crapshoot.....even if you are drafting first overall.
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obviously, there's always an element of luck involved - and that's not surprising, given that it's only 18-year-old boys we're talking about. Some of them show glimpses of being a future star at a young age, but never get there. Some of them appear to be pretty "meh", only to develop into superstars later. You almost never have a guarantee that those players will really live up to the expectations, but having more picks equals a higher chance to land a home-run. Sutter believed too much in quantity though, constantly trading down didn't help. Oh, and 2012 was the first Flames draft since 2003 where they had a pick in every round ... that tells you everything you need to know. The Flames need to stockpile draft picks and take the draft more seriously.