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Originally Posted by gvitaly
The only thing that grinds my gears about this trade is that it is yet another (over hyped?) first rounder that didn't pan out for the Flames. It is the wrong way to look at it, but it feels like we traded the 13th overall pick for a 2nd rounder. The resulting question is how much value should we really put into 1st round picks?
Year.....Player Name..........Games with the Flames
2004.....Kris Chucko...........2GP
2005.....Matt Pelech..........13GP
2006.....Leland Irving.........13GP
2007.....Mikael Backlund.....278GP
2008.....Greg Nemisz..........15GP(Traded so not to extend him)
2009.....Tim Erixon.............0GP(Didn't want to play for CGY)
2010.....N/A
2011.....Sven Bartschi........66GP(Didn't want to play for CGY)
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Ouch, admitted, but still, I'd make a big distinction between the guys that are still in the system and developing and the guys that are not. It's hard say what we have in Jankowski, but I'd say his chances of developing into something like Colborne, a useful bottom 6 player with some size and skill.
Also of note I think: before Chucko we drafted Phaneuf, Nyström and Kobasew, who all are solid NHL players. (Or were, in Kobasews case I guess. Ended up with 601GP, 100 goals, 110 assists. )
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2012.....Mark Jankowski......0GP
2013....Sean Monahan.......137GP
2013.....Emile Poirier .... 3GP
2013......Morgan Klimchuk ... 0GP
2014......Sam Bennett .... 0GP
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There's hope here.