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Originally Posted by united
The Flames have gotten much better in the past few years, but there is still quite a list over the past decade of picks who from the day they were drafted had next to no chance of ever becoming NHL regulars. In addition to Keegan Kanzig: Patrick Sieloff, Ryley Grantham, Spencer Bennett, C.J. Severyn, Matt DeBlouw, Austin Carroll, Hunter Smith, Riley Bruce, Mitchell Mattson
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Most of those guys were taken in the 5th round or later. They had next to no chance of ever becoming NHLers, but the same can be said of all the other players who were still available at the time.
Even with the guys you mentioned who were taken earlier, it's not like the Flames passed over a bunch of future hall of famers to take them. They were drafted about where they should have been relative to their peers.