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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
I'll be pretty devastated if we don't finish in the bottom 7 picks. The other teams could be legitimately accused of tanking.
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No, just more committed to achieving a goal, which has been the main problem for the Calgary Flames over the past 20 years.
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As Calgary4Life points out, the top 7 comparables are very exciting:
Jones - Pronger
Mackinnon - Ovechkin
Drouin - Zetterberg
Barkov - Ron Francis
Nichushkin - Malkin
Lindholm - Forsberg
Monahan - Toews/Lemaire
Very exciting... End the season TODAY!!!
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Those comparables are a joke to be honest. Those guys are seven future hall of famers? Not a chance. I bet at least two of them bust and two more turn into middling players. More realistic comparables:
Jones - Chris Phillips - same type of hype surrounded Phillips
Mackinnon - John Tavares - more finisher than setup man
Drouin - Claude Giroux - good offensive player but not a complete game
Barkov - Ollie Jokinen - was ahead of his peers because of his size and style but was more of an early bloomer than anything
Nichushkin - Alexandr Svitov - his size and skill had scouts drooling, but he couldn't live up to the promise as his size was neutralized
Lindholm - Kristian Huselius - a player who looked great on the big sheet but had to learn to play in traffic
Monahan - Kyle Turris - more hype than he deserves or could live up to
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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
Would anyone be really disappointed if we used the Pittsburgh pick on Zachary Fucale? Provided we got 2 solid skaters with the other 1st rounders I don't see much of a downside...
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Yeah, really pissed TBQH. With all the glaring holes on this team, like RW and on the blueline, if they waste another draft pick earlier than the 5th round on another goaltender I'm going to scream. We have plenty of goaltending prospects and have only so many places they can play to develop, so its time to address other areas of concern - like RW and on the blueline.