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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I would hope the Flames staff is tracking all the prospects. Just because he is in your backyard shouldn't matter. The reality is that Point was draft 79th overall, so its not like just the Flames passed on him
The Lightning themselves drafted Jonathan Macleod in the 2nd round 3 picks after Smith was taken. Idiots!
They also drafted Dominik Masin in the 2nd round 1 pick after McDonald.
Fools!
It is just way to easy to make these decisions years later.
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This is a cop out and I used to feel the same but with the Flames it seems 99% of the time you look back on their drafts and do this because it's rarely the other way around. These scouts are paid to use foresight to figure out what the rest of us have to use hindsight for.
It's funny how more often than not it's the same group of teams that manage to pull high level NHLers from the depths of the draft, and continue to toil away at the top of the standings because of it. They may have a bad year or two while they retool but before you know it they are back on top because they aren't completely incompetent at finding elite talent throughout the draft.
Teams like Anaheim, Boston, Tampa, Nashville and San Jose for example.