Johnny was always a special case because of his size. If he were a bit taller, he would have gone in the 1st round for sure. Giordanos draft year was 14 years ago, since then scouting has become a completely different beast and fewer gems slip through the cracks.
Anyway, only a few weeks ago, the Flames took six guys ahead of Tuulola and four of those are still available in our ranking poll. Guys like Dube and Fox were taken 100 and 90 spots ahead of him ... probably for a reason. It's fascinating that quite a few users here take a few days in early July to come to a completely different conclusion.
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