I'd say the flames are closer to middle of the league for prospects, realistically. The forward group, namely Dube, Phillips, Mangiapane, Foo, Gawdin are all underrated, especially looking at where they are ranked on a lot of lists (some not even on them) and guys like Zavgorodniy have upper echelon skill. Seems like most coming in saw the system as having a few defense pieces, a couple goalie projects and that's it. But as we can see there's quite a bit more in the pipeline. Props to the management and scouts for continuing the trend of strong drafting after the first round since 2011.
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