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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
Yeah, probably. Half a decade ago, I would have said 1/3 prospects will probably fill their potential. Normally the optimistic side of me will say half, but I'll be even more optimistic and say 2/3 here.
Pick 4 of 6 of Kylington, Andersson, Wotherspoon, Morrison, Hickey, Kulak. To me, Wotherspoon might not have the same upside but he's a lot safer bet since I've seen him play in the NHL and I like what I see. I understand what you say with Morrison RE: age, so I have him in this first lot. With 4 spots probably opening up (Smid, Engelland, Wideman, maybe Russell) - seems to make sense. Probably at least one of those prospects may be packaged in a trade at some point too.
Maybe 1 of 2 of Culkin, Sieloff (the 2 perma-injured prospects).
Not sure what to think of Nakladl, especially since he's a bit older; I think this is more of a pit stop for him, like Ryan Wilson.
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What you are saying is that the Flames have the best D prospects in the history of the NHL.
This is basically starting from zero in 2014-15 having no one ready when the team was down to 4 NHL D men.... with no high draft picks
I challenge you to find me any team's prospect list from 5 years ago where even half of the prospects are now solid NHL players.