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Originally Posted by Textcritic
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.
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.
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If it's too early to know after a year and a half, than it was far too early for Weisbrod too write the 2012 draft off especially since the results say he was wrong.
The rest of your post is just splitting hairs by saying a first round pick has negligible impact. It may not cause the Flames to fold but for me as a fan it has a big impact, for you it doesn't.