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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I totally agree, and it would be amazing for the Flames to have the opportunity to draft one of him or Eichel. Having said that, the very likely scenario that sees the Flames outside of the top-three picks in the 2015 draft should not be viewed as some sort of set back or failure. The Calgary Flames do not need McDavid to be successful. It is helpful, yes. But they are still in the process of assembling a fairly impressive collection of talent (which, by the way, is already substantially better than "a good crop of solid 2nd and 3rd liners") that should make an NHL impact even without McDavid.
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McDavid or Eichel would be a great addition to the rebuild. We would be better with either of them than without them obviously. But I completely agree, I think the Flames finishing out of the bottom 3 is unlikely. Last year they were 10 points out of 28th and 11 points out of 19th overall. I am not saying that they will be significantly better but I think this team stands a better chance of being in the 22-26 range. Some teams have gotten better, some have gotten worse. Some will struggle and others will surprise. My gut tells me the Flames will not be in the bottom 3 but somewhere between bottom 5-10.