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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Drafting players to fill core roles on the team that will eventually win a championship. The Flames have a good number of their own drafted players playing in their top-nine forward group, and they have a group of drafted defensemen that look like they will be ready to step into top-four roles over the course of the next three years.
The timeline for building and development is not linear, and it is not the same for every team. Like you point out above, the Bruins continue to get indispensable contributions from players they drafted more than a decade ago.
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Well there's the disconnect.
You think 'building through the draft' means making selections at the draft like 29 other teams in the league do every year.
I think 'building through the draft' means the prioritization of organizational moves that result in a net addition of draft picks to better one's odds in comparison to other teams in the league, especially as it pertains to picks in the first 3-4 rounds.
All of our favourite prospects were acquired doing the second method. Parsons, Dube, Fox, Phillips, Rasmus, Kylington; all drafted in years where the Flames had multiple picks in a given round, and a high round at that.
I'd like to see someone compile all the picks made since the 2004 lockout, who made them and what rounds they were in (resolute, get on it).
I'd bet you the Flames are middle of the road to bottom 3rd.