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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
I do not think you can fault BT for picking Bennett in that draft, I think any GM would have taken him at 4. Flames fans can only hope that Peters can help turn his career around.
The frustrating part of that draft was at the time and still is picking Hunter Smith in particular and Hickey to a lesser extent over Brayden Point.
Point was an elite player in Bantam, an elite player in midget, he was one of Moose Jaw's top scorers in the playoffs as a 15 year old, he was almost a point a game player as a 16 year, in his draft year as a 17 year old he led his team in points with 91 points, a 36 point lead on 2nd place on the team, and in between time he played for Canada at U-17 and U-18. A homegrown kid to boot and we take a guy who his draft+1 that has never played even close to that level. That is the pick in my mind that was the big miss in 2014.
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You can't blame BT for any picks in the 2014 draft. He was hired like 2 months before the draft. He wasn't involved in deciding who they were scouting or targeting.
Every season they have amateur scouting meetings early in the year (December) to discuss what attributes they want and who they want to follow. At that time it would've been Burke as interim GM.
He likely would've discounted Point on his stature after canning Feaster for having drafted so many undersized players. He probably also prioritized attributes like size, compete and truculence. Hence Hunter Smith, Olaf Mattson etc.