Bad teams tend to be worse than the sum of the individuals, good teams tend to be better, the Flames are grimly bad right now, they need at least 5 good to top end pieces to turn things around, a 1st line both foward and defense and a goalie, what they have in the system is, so far the makings of the second and third lines.
They may strike it lucky with a goalie but it is overwhelmingly more likely they won't and this to will need to be drafted.
Personally if the goal is to compete for the cup its 4 or 5 years away before they start to look like a contendor, not in it mind you but looking like they are a UFA or so away.
Of course the management can just shoot for 8th place fairly quickly with a few free agents but this all but screws the chances of winning the cup in the long term.
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