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Originally Posted by Vulcan
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.
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What "facts"?! Do you honestly believe that by by virtue of their appearance in the NHL that every one of the 17 players you cited from the first round of the 2012 draft is a quality NHL player?
I will repeat myself: IT IS TOO EARLY TO KNOW. My purpose in recalling the 2007 draft was to illustrate that despite the fact that 1/3 of the players drafted in the first round had played a SIGNIFICANT number of games by the end of the following season, this did not show that it was a strong class. Similarly, by merely pointing to the number of games played by first rounders in 2012, this does not at all illustrate the relative strength or weakness of this particular class. We won't know for another few years.
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
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...
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That is NOT what I said. I said that an INDIVIDUAL first round pick was not SO SIGNIFICANT as to dramatically impede the direction or potential success of the franchise in the event that the player fails to pan out. The Flames had a poor prospect base for the past decade not because of any individual first round pick that didn't blossom into a solid NHL player, but rather the accumulation of several disappointing high picks in successive years. On its own, the Jankowski pick has a negligible impact. If it is part of a trend of poor picks, then that is a problem. If it turns out to be a great pick, then we are all happy.