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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Maybe with those 2, but...
2004 - Boyd looked good very early on (1st line on the WJC), and Adam Pardy was Tod Button's dark horse favourite. IIRC Aki Seitsonen was looking like a pretty good 3rd round pick.
2005 - a lot of excitement around Dan Ryder as he could be Calgary's best prospect. Matt Keetley was looking great as well.
2006 - John Armstrong with a little bit of attention that he could be NHL ready very soon, and there was a lot of pre-season love for Per Johnsson.
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Yeah those are good examples. I was one of those giving Johnsson some lovin'. He looked great at the dev camp.
Flames also had some bad luck
- Chuck concussions
- Pelech ongoing serious injuries during key development years
- Dan Ryder being a loon
- death of Mickey Renaud