[SuperMatt18]

Nashville (12): More of the long term build. Consistently drafted well and made shrewd trades to build a winner.

2008: Wilson, Josi
2009: Ellis, Smith, Ekholm
2010: Watson
2011: Salomaki
2012: Sissons,
2013: Jones
2014: Fiala, Arvidsson
2015: -
2016: Girard


Boston (10): Really turned it around post 2014 with 6 impact players since then. (Crazy part is you could argue their 2015 picks were actually poor considering they only hit on Debrusk out of their 3 picks, and then Connor, Barzal, and Chabot went the 3 picks right after. )

2008: Colborne
2009:
2010: Seguin, Spooner
2011: Hamilton
2012:
2013:
2014: Pastrnak, Donato, Heinen
2015: Carlo, Debrusk
2016: McAvoy


Tampa (15): Really have build a team through strong early picks in the 1st round, and shrewd late round picks.

2008: Stamkos, Barberio
2009: Hedman
2010: Connolly, Gudas,
2011: Namestiknov, Kucherov, Palat
2012: Vasilevski, Paquette, Dotchin
2013: Drouin
2014: DeAngelo, Point
2015: Cirelli
2016:

Jets (14): Another one that was more of a long term patient slow build. Helps that all 3 early firsts (Scheifele, Ehlers, Laine) turned into elite NHLers.

2008: Bogosian
2009: Kane, Chariot
2010; Burmistrov
2011: Scheifele, Lowry
2012: Trouba, Hellebuyck
2013: Morrissey, Copp
2014: Ehlers
2015: Connor, Roslovic
2016: Laine

Flames (10): A couple of strong late rounders in 2008 through 2011, but have only really been able to convert on early 1st rounders since.

2008: Bouma, Brodie
2009:
2010: Ferland
2011: Gaudreau
2012: Jankowski, Kulak
2013: Monahan
2014: Bennett
2015: (Hamilton)
2016: Tkachuk

Biggest problem for the Flames IMO is the fact that we came out of what looks like a really strong 2014 draft with only Bennett to show for it.

The 2013 draft looks bad in retrospect for the Flames, and they should have hit on at least 2 of those picks but really that draft was weak outside of the top 10.

One other thing is the other teams graduated some 2015 picks that made an impact this year, while the Flames let most of their guys spend an extra year in the AHL.

I feel like they need to ensure that guys like Mangiapane, Kylington, Foo, Andersson, Dube, Valimaki, Fox, Philips, Gillies, & Parsons continue to develop and turn into something that make an impact in the NHL.