As bad as the flames drafting history has been, it would be a bit unfair to be overly critical more recently.
We basically completed the bottoming out part of the rebuild by drafting 6th, 4th, 6th. No lottery picks involved, yet the team put together with plenty of youth, is still looked at as a playoff contending team regularly. The only real questionable picks for me were the use of the two 2nd rounders in 2014 (macdonald, smith).
For those counting flames dmen drafting, you gotta count Hickey as another dman with strong potential, no?
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