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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
His model seems relatively straight forward, hit with his 1st round picks and don't trade them
Trouba - check
Scheifele - check
Morrisey - check
Ehlers - check
Connor - check
Laine - check
TBD - Roslovic, Stanley, Vesalainan
Over that period of time they picked 10th overall on average (including a lottery win with Laine) 7/70
Flames drafted 11th 7/74
Mix in hitting with 2nd round and beyond picks with the following guys
Lowry, Hellebuyck, Copp
BT tried a new and novel approach, trading a bunch of picks for current help. To the best of my knowledge there has not been a GM who in 3 years has traded 2 1sts, a 2nd, 3 3rds and a 5th to miss the playoffs 2 out of 3 years and be the 15th best team and the 7th seed the one year they made the playoffs. I am not sure if there has been a GM who has traded away that many picks (net) over such a short period of time.
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Let's not forget that since 2013 the Flames have drafted (in the first two rounds);
2013: 3 first round picks
2014: 1 first 2 seconds
2015: 2 second round picks
2016: 1 first 2 seconds
2017: 1 first
The premise that the Flames don't prioritize drafting is just not true. A team needs to balance their organizational depth chart, which means sometimes you deal picks for active players.
Also, we are more than two months away from the 2018 draft. Plenty of time for the Flames to recoup picks. Nothing here is written in ink just yet.