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Originally Posted by OutOfTheCube
Hey now, don't rank us with the annual cellar dwellers/tankers. Picking 1 or 2 this year, but before that our last top 5 pick was 2003 (Vanek). Before that it was 1987 (Turgeon).
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Here are the times the Calgary Flames have picked top 5, in all their 34 year history:
Never
By the way, there was an idea a little while ago where the draft order would be determined by a team's record after they were mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. This would both reward teams that don't tank
and give terrible teams that needed help a better chance at a top pick (since they would be eliminated early and would have more games to get points).
Here are the dates when teams were mathematically eliminated:
March 16 - Buffalo
March 24 - Edmonton
March 27 - Florida
March 30 - Calgary
April 3 - NY Islanders, Winnipeg
April 7 - Vancouver
April 8 - Toronto, Ottawa, Carolina, Nashville
April 9 - Washington, New Jersey
For some of them, they may be off by a day or two since I couldn't find precise dates for all of them. But if that system were in place, here would be the draft standings as of today:
1. Calgary (4-1-0, 8 PTS)
2. Edmonton (3-5-0, 6 PTS)
3. Buffalo (2-8-1, 5 PTS)
4. Winnipeg (1-1-0, 2 PTS)
5. Florida (1-5-0, 2 PTS)
6. NY Islanders (0-2-1, 1 PTS)
7. Vancouver (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
8. Toronto (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
9. Ottawa (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
10. Carolina (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
11. Nashville (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
12. Washington (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
13. New Jersey (0-0-0, 0 PTS)
It would be nice...