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Nothing earth shattering... shared some draft philosophy

http://lethbridgeherald.com/sports/l...mber-luncheon/

He also spoke of how intently the Flames approach each draft with their higher picks, looking for more that just a skilled player.

“We place great value and great pride on researching a player’s character work ethic, accountability, empathy and coachabilty” said Burke.

“We have a list of adjectives on the list and I think there are about 20 and I think ‘work ethic’ appears four times out of that 20. We try to research the kids, at least in the top-three rounds where we have the assets to do it, we make mistakes like everybody, but we try our best. We don’t draft based on skill, that’s the second thing to us. We think you have a better chance of succeeding if you bring in character people than if you don’t.

“So that’s a priority for us. We do have a DND list, Do Not Draft. Some teams will evaluate a guy and say ‘He has NHL skills, but he’s a head case, so put him in the second round.’ To me, he’s still a head case in the second round, so we just take him off the list.”