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Originally Posted by #-3
Worst trade the Flames have made since they acquired Jones.
I think people overrate late draft picks allot.
You can also only make so many draft picks if you make 30 draft picks in 3 years and sign 80% of them, odds are only 2 will be in the NHL, so you will have 23 NHL players & 22 players on ELCs. That leaves 5 spots to resign prospects, give older players a second chance or sign College UFAs.
By averaging 10 draft picks / season you are basically deciding draftees on ECLs are the only route you will take to develop players.
Quality is allot more important than Quantity, and some times you are just better off not to drop your pants, and take nothing.
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They may have a reason tho...
Doug Gilmour, 7th round
Brett Hull, 6th round (Flames Pick)
Dominik Hasek, 10th round
Luc Robitaille, 9th round
Theo Fleury, 8th round (Flames Pick)
Daniel Alfredsson, 6th round
Pavel Datsyuk, 6th round
Henrik Zetterberg, 7th round
Henrik Lundqvist, 7th round
Jamie Benn, 5th round
Pekka Rinne, 9th round
Andrew Shaw, 5th round
Mikka Kiprusoff, 5th round
Ondrej Palat 7th round
Carl Hagelin, 6th round
Anton Stralman, 7th round
Mark Streit, 9th round
Joe Pavelski, 7th round
Brian Campbell, 6th round
Tomas Holmstrom, 10th round
Pavol Demitra, 9th round
Kimmo Timonen, 10th round
Peter Bondra, 8th round
Pavel Bure, 6th round
Alexander Mogilny, 5th round
Igor Larionov, 11th round
Rick Tocchet, 6th round