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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Someone remind me the last time the Flames made a pick between 20-30th overall that amounted to anything outside of Backlund? This is why you stay at 6th and take a player with higher odds of paying off.
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The answer is 1985 and Joe Nieuwendyk at #27
The Flames have picked in spots #21 to #30 17 times since they moved to Calgary, and the large majority of those picks have been busts.
Niewuendyk, Backlund, Matteau are the only ones who really made it. (so far)
The rest of that list is pretty ugly:
Jason Muzzatti, Kent Manderville, Tim Erixon, Emile Poirier, Leland Irving, Matt Pelech, Greg Nemisz, Mark Jankowski, Morgan Klmichuk, Kris Chucko, Chris O'Sullivan, Dave Reierson, Nicolas Perrault, Mike Perovich
Your sentiment is bang on, don't trade down to the 20's for extra picks when you have a top 10 pick, use it...those opportunities don't come around too often (hopefully) and your chances of success are much much higher.