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Originally Posted by Northendzone
i think this approach gets really hard when you start trading away draft picks like the flames - for example in the upcoming 2018 draft they will not have a first round pick - so they have to wait for 2019 and if they draft a guy who still needs some development time then he does not make an impact until 2021 and by that point the GM that drafted him may no longer be here so it may look like the GM in question had a poor draft.
to me the jets had some luck in getting laine as he was able to play right away. in addition, with the jets likely being on a lot of teams no trade list, they become somewhat forced to grow organically and develop guys.
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I mean, Laine is the clear cut 1st RD draft pick that fell to them @ #2 we cant really compare any of our drafts to that specific grab.
However, they've also has huge success later on in the draft that we just haven't seen in Calgary. Perhaps our drafting group needs a retool? I think Todd's overstayed his welcome at this point.
The 2013 draft for example as of today looks to be a complete bust outside of Sean @ #6 including 2 later 1st round pick's that have yet to have any real impact at the NHL level with only Klimchuk showing SLIGHT promise in the AHL thus far.