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Originally Posted by spetch
Why not pull a Burke and get Drouin & McKinnon.
For arguments sake lets say the picks end up being:
1st - Florida
2nd - Colorado
3rd - Calgary
4th - Tampa
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I like the idea but I think the new draft lottery system will make it a lot harder to make this work. Even if the standings end up being exactly as listed above at the end of the season, there would still be about a 40% chance that one of the 4th-14th place teams would win the lottery, take the 1st overall pick and bump the Flames down a spot.
At that point the Flames would need to somehow not just get the #2 overall pick but they would also need to upgrade their #4 back to the #3 in order to get both of Drouin and MacKinnon. Or they could gamble and hope that they can get those players with the 2&4 picks instead of 2&3.