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Originally Posted by flameswin
You know what the best part of this rebuild is? I don't know about anyone else, but I find myself forgetting pieces of the rebuild and then getting excited.
Well Johnny Gaudreau's doing well, imagine when Bennett starts playing for the Flames next year.
"Oh yeah Bennett! The highest draft pick, and arguably number one player from last years draft!"
Granlund will come up due to injuries. *Comes up and plays like an NHL'er
"Oh yeah, Granlund showed NHL flashes late last season, I totally forgot!"
We're going to be a great hockey team in 3 years, you can just feel it. There's way too many good pieces and way too much cap space for when we start becoming a legitimate threat for this rebuild to fail and have to start a new one.
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Yup, and just to speak to this, you didn't even mention 2013 1st round picks Emile Poirier and Morgan Klimchuk. Not to mention former 1st rounders like Baertshi and a wildcard like Jankowski.
The team has prospect depth, real prospect depth, top 6 stuff. Bennett, Monahan, Gaudreau are all top line potential players. I'd love to get McDavid or Eichel in the draft this summer but we'll probably draft in the 4-7 range and still get a very good prospect. The Flames seem to be patient and know how to develop guys now.
The 2011 (Baertschi, Grandlund, Wotherspoon, Gaudreau) and the 2013 drafts (Monahan, Poirier, Klimchuk) are potential franchise turning drafts.
Poirier just scored tonight BTW, first game of the season back from injury in the AHL.