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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Saad fell from his draft ranking. I remember him being ranked in the top 10 in some pre-draft rankings. I think TSN had him low 20's or something. Ended up going 43rd overall, and that really blew up in the Hawks faces.
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I remember that draft there were some mocks that had Saad going when the flames picked 13th. Hindsight being what it is thst would have been amazing.
That 2011 draft looks pretty amazing for Calgary in terms of payers picked
1st round 13th - Sven Baertschi 121 NHL games
2nd round 45th - Markus Ganlund 87 NHL games
2nd round 57th - Tyler Wotherspoon 19 NHL games
4th round 103rd - Johnny Gaudreau 140 NHL games
6th round 164th - Laurent Brossiot 2 NHL games
Every player drafted by Calgary has played in the NHL. Gaudreau is a legit superstar. Sven is a regular NHLer, Granlund is close to cementing that spot. Wortherspoon is looking like he could stick and Brossiot is a top prospect for the Oilers. Really crazy that we made 5 picks and traded 3 of those prospects to our 2 most hated rivals