This is supposed to be a deep draft, especially for the 1st round. So, why waste the 3 first rounder to get the first or second overall pick when you can get 3 quality picks anyway? Unless Seth Jones or McKinnon is a definite Bobby Orr or Gretzky/Lemieux prospect where you'd give up your whole franchise for, why even bother? You can't build a team based on one player nowadays. You need to build a team over several years of tanking and keep getting good picks. Plus, 80%+ Flames fans don't deserve to have another superstar in the Flames lineup until they realize that shipping out your older superstars for a rebuild every year just doesn't happen over night. Reality is, Flames are gonna be rebuilding for several years. It'll be interesting at the draft and the free agency this year.
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