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Old 03-28-2014, 11:30 AM   #37
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Originally Posted by Scoutski View Post
I feel like the Heat is being packed more and more with our actual drafted prospects as opposed to AHL-lifers. This makes me really excited.

(I could be totally wrong about this and maybe I've just paid more attention to the heat in the last few years)
it's actually not so much a quantity thing, but it's a completely different story when it comes to quality. For example, in 2010-11 there were more Flames draft picks in Abby than this year:

2010-11 (16): Brodie, Nemisz, Cunning, Patterson, Bouma, Armstrong, Baldwin, Negrin, Pelech, Wahl, Watt, Grantham, Carpentier, Irving, Keetley, Ortio

2013-14 (10): Reinhart, Granlund, Baertschi, Ferland, Nemisz, Wotherspoon, Ramage, Sieloff, Ortio, Brossoit

Plus Kulak will probably join them and maybe a couple other junior/college prospects.

Looking at these two years you can really see how the Flames' drafting has improved over the last few years.
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