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Originally Posted by Caged Great
A couple years ago when we were just entering the rebuild, I remember saying that you need about 20 quality prospects in order to get the foundation of a cup contending team.
We now have 17 that are the type of prospects that I was describing
Sam Bennett
Johnny Gaudreau
Sean Monahan
Emile Poirier
Sven Baertschi
Morgan Klimchuk
Mark Jankowski
Markus Granlund
Hunter Smith
Josh Jooris
Drew Shore
Tyler Wotherspoon
Brandon Hickey
Rushan Rafikov
Joni Ortio
Mason McDonald
Jon Gillies
That doesn't count guys like Brodie, Backlund, Bouma, Colborne, or Russell who haven't hit their prime yet either. It also doesn't include other likely NHL players like Arnold/Ferland/Wolf or guys with some good talent like Kulak/Culkin/Sieloff etc.
This year we'll be adding at least 2 or possibly 3 more names to the first list as well. We are well on our way.
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I can remember when we used to talk about 1 or 2 guys here and there but great to be looking at that list now! Flames have come a long ways since the days of trading away picks.