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Originally Posted by flameswin
We do need to load up on great supporting cast to become a Stanley Cup contender, but in my mind, if you have a chance to get a franchise player for three picks, you do it every day of the week. Yes, teams need a full team of quality players, but teams also need franchise players, the Flames have nothing even close to that.
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I'm not arguing that, we can get those guys in 2014 and 2015 as we're not going to be good by then magically. If we are not in the top 3 picks each year I'll be beyond shocked and wondering what the heck is wrong with those other teams. Reinhart, Ekblad and Ho Sang are all in the same conversation as Drouin/MacKinnon in terms of talent, the difference is that those draft do not have nearly the same about of depth as this one.
The player we would pick at 22 will be similar to a guy picked 12-14 in past years and the one at 28 would be more in the 18-22 range.
We can finally have a good prospect pool after decades of being one of the worst teams in that regard and instead we're looking at throwing that away when we are nowhere near ready to return to being decent.