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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Not really. It is still far too early to know much about the strength of the 2012 class only a year later. 2007 was a lousy draft in terms of depth, but there were still 9 players from the first round who were playing games in the NHL by the 2008–09 season.
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Okay maybe 07 was a lousy draft with only 9 players playing a year later but 2012 had 17 from the first round playing and another 3 from later rounds, so following the facts, it wasn't a bad class. Looking at the 2011 class which has had a year longer to see what it's done, it only has 1 more player with NHL games than the 2012 class. So Weisbried misjudged the strength of the draft and we ended up with a long term prospect. And the longer the term the more chances to fall off the train, I'd call that a gamble.
You say our 1st rounders aren't that big of a deal, but the way the Flames sit, we've backed ourselves into a corner so draft picks are pretty much all we have.
I'll post this link again.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2012e.html
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/draft/nhl2011e.html