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Originally Posted by New Era
Which is why moving Fox would be such a bad idea. The Flames gave up a 1st to get Hamilton, which created a hole in the prospect depth. They got lucky with Kylington falling to the 2nd, almost making up for that. The Flames then managed to find a player in Fox that would now be a consensus first rounder in a re-draft, pretty much plugging that hole in top end prospects. To lose two first round picks then puts a ton of pressure to find other gems to step up. I think you need at least two solid prospects with serious NHL potential at every position.
C - Jankowski, Dube, Lindstrom (?)
LW - Shinkaruk, Klimchuk, Mangiapane (?)
RW - Poirier, Tuulola (?), Smith (?)
LD - Kylington, Ollas-Mattsson
RD - Andersson, Fox
G - Gillies, Parsons, MacDonald
The Flames system has some gaps to close and need those high picks.
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I feel the Flames have drafted amazingly in the second round the last 2 years. Kylington, Andersen, Dube, Parsons are all top 10 prospects in the organization. The Flames have Gaudreau for 5 more years before he bolts or likely costs $8-$10M per.
I think they should start putting their chips towards the middle and going for it.