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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Before you start lecturing you might want to consider why you think you're some sort of authority to change someone's statements and put them in quotations? I said LATE first round picks (not first round picks) and its actually very true.
I recommend you run your numbers again and see how many players picked 20-30 actually have a shelf life in the NHL. Its few and far between beyond a cup of coffee in most draft years.
Yes it is a miss of a pick, a big one at that. No matter the statement you can't actually argue that the Flames wouldn't be better off with a player like Maatta or Ceci in the system right now (players they passed up) as opposed to this kid who is likely another 4-5 years away from even getting a cup of coffee in the NHL.
If the Flames were a team that can continually develop prospects and wasn't entering a rebuild it would be worth a gamble imo. Considering that this franchise needs/needed help much sooner and historically seems to struggle in bringing prospects along, there is really no logical reason to draft someone who is 6-8 years away from playing at the time with your first pick.
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on dear I missed 1 word. A word which I accounted for when I showed the 2nd half of the 1st round.
And you can't call it a missed pick. It's a fallacy because you have no clue how they will turn out. Claiming you do just because someone is better 18 months later is laughable.