[Caged Great]

With defensemen, you kind of have to spam picks on them because development isn't linear especially for defenders. Back in 2003, the Predators used their first three picks on D-men, and while they all became NHLers, the last pick ended up becoming the best of the three (Suter first, Klein 2nd, Shea Weber 3rd).

The Flames will probably pick a defenseman in the first, and I hope that we add a minimum of 3 or 4 this draft.

In 2012, the Flames took Sieloff, Kulak and Culkin. All three are looking good to this point.

In 2013, they took Kanzig, Roy, Rafikov and Gilmour. Rakifov and Gilmour are looking better than Kanzig at this point, and Roy looks like he won't be retained.

last year, they added Hickey and Ollas-Mattsson. Hickey's looking like a potential home run at this early point, and Ollas Mattsson has been okay (I haven't actually heard much about him this season)

Just keep spamming picks. You will get lucky like the Flames were with Brodie if you add more and more guys to the bullpen. The best ones will show themselves and will rise to the top. Wotherspoon is looking like a solid #5 moving forward with upside. The problem is that with the rest of the guys, it's still way too early to tell whether or not they will elevate themselves.