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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
There's no proof that Calgary has drafted well since 2011 besides typically rose coloured fan projects of prospects.
2011 was an obvious homerun with Gaudreau alone but add in a couple more full time NHLers in Sven and Granlund and you are laughing.
2012 - Jankowski looks good but still just getting started. Kulak is a 6th d-man right now, which is fine. Gillies as a goalie you can wait on but he's not a can't miss guy, the rest are write-offs.
2013 - Monahan at 6th overall and then nothing despite 2 other first rounders
2014 - Bennett at 4th overall and then nothing.
2015 - At this point, you've got some prospects but not a blue chipper or anything. Hopefully you get some depth out of Andersson or Kylington on d and Mangiapane on forward but no sure things or anyone likely to move the needle.
2016/2017 - Besides Tkachuk - way too soon to judge.
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2011, getting 4 nhlers with 5 picks (all 5 played) including one superstar and another 1st liner, albeit with Vancouver, is a home run draft
2012, Jankowski looks like a top 6 center. Gillies looks like an NHL goalie and Kulak is an NHL regular. 3 NHLers in the draft means it's another great draft.
2013, Monahan obviously makes this draft a good one by himself. Poirier and Klimchuk are doing well in Stockton. It's not time to close the book on them yet. They are profiling to be okay depth players at the NHL level.
2014, Bennett is doing okay, not great. Still a lot of time for him to figure things out. Playing a lot better of late. The rest of the Burke draft was a Burke draft though.
2015, Hamilton + two top tier D prospects and one of the top AHLers right now. Fairly good.
2016, Tkachuk, Parsons, Dube, Fox, and Phillips are all looking exceptional right now.
2017, Valimaki and Ruzicka are similarly doing well.
Not every draft was great in the depth portions of them, but enough were.