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Originally Posted by Vulcan
For me history means squat. You take what's available now and if the best player is a defenceman, that's what you take.
Even taking history into account some of the best results the Flames have had is with picking a defenceman. Gauthier, Morris and Phaneuf were some of our better first round picks.
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The point is we've heard this over and over and over. "The next Pronger", "elite D man", can't miss", "can't pass on this kind of talent" and history shows that it's usually not the case.