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I am certainly not a fan of Backlund and don't think he has produced at a top 6 level but if Fleury is laughing at this pick then he is a bigger idiot than I thought.
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I don't think Fleury is an idiot. You have to be a bit crazy to make it in NHL at his size.
He could have been mayor of Toronto instead.
he questioned wisdom of overlooking players (like him) who had produced at a well above a point a game pace in very demanding - and tough physically - league like WHL... in order to pick unproven "projected" Euro golden-boy projects... and U.S. high schoolers
e.g. Nikolas Sundblad 1st round 1991 (2 NHL games , 0 points)
Jesper Mattson 1st round 1993 (0 NHL games)
In retrospect the flames would probably have drafted better if they let Fleury make all the picks.