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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

Whatever man. I guess we have to define each word before we use it?

Almost every prospect has a chance of busting so I guess there's only a couple bluechip prospects drafted each year according to your definition?

How many prospects on Button's list that I linked above would you consider bluechip? If I used the word top prospect instead of bluechip would that suddenly make things okay?

Not even sure what we're really arguing about now. I think that Jankowski has good trade value if teams have scouted him. I think Parsons obviously has good trade value. I think Gillies has good trade value. I think Andersson, Fox and Kylington all have some trade value. They are assets.

Circling back to the original point - the Flames don't have a glut of can't miss prospects they can afford to consider trade bait. Sure, you could find takers but these players are more valuable to the Flames as is. What on earth would it accomplish to move a prospect like Jankowski or Gillies now after years of development? All you'd be doing is moving them out at pennies on the dollar in order to return something of moderate, short-term value.