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Originally Posted by mile
We can't make our picks for this draft under the assumption that we might take player A or player B next year, and it's for the same reasons you stated - there are going to be top players at each position available every draft.
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Yes you can. You might not assume that we get Mcdavid specifically but you can definitely plan on addressing our hole in our D prospects now and plan on addressing additional depth at forward in the future. In fact, most would argue that long term plan is the whole point of upper management and they would be smart to factor in basic concepts like development time.
Also, conroy has already put it out there that next season will likely be worse for the flames. At the time that comment seemed related to the high chance that cammi goes elsewhere as an UFA, but management could definitely be looking into their crystal ball and think of a top 2 pick next year and allowing that to sway their plan for this draft.