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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
I'm not sure I like that strategy. In a few years the team's core will be in its prime and earning big bucks. The team will need a steady influx of decent players to come in at entry-level salaries and play a role. The Flames should be drafting low-risk guys with a high probability of cracking the NHL as bottom six / bottom pairing role, rather than swinging for the fences with guys who have a high ceiling but are less likely to make the NHL.
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I don't know, IMO, the Flames are well stocked with safe, role players. What they don't have a lot of in the pipe is potentially high end talent.
(I am saying this from the standpoint that Tkachuk and Bennett are already on the team and not 'in the pipe')