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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Good news is that Kuznetsov was drafted 26th overall. E have a chance to find one with this pick.
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Sweet,. Now all we have to do is wait 7 years...
The asset dye for this team was cast long ago. The players to hell this roster should've already been drafted.
Flames were picking 14th overall in 2012, after finishing 9th with 37 wins.
The Flames didn't have a 2nd round pick in 2012 because they included it in the disastrous Robyn Regehr trade to Buffalo, so they agree to trade down...WITH BUFFALO. Buffalo finished 9th in the east, but they weren't going to move their own pick, they moved the pick they got from Nashville for Paul Gaustad to Calgary. Because you see Buffalo was drafting 12th overall with their own pick, but 21st overall with Nashville's.
Calgary agreed to give up 14th overall to draft 21st overall if Buffalo agreed to give Calgary their 2nd round draft pick at 42nd overall. What did the Sabres care? They were moving up for the opportunity to make 2 Top 15 picks and were already draft before pick #50 anyway with Calgary's pick. The Flames would end up picking Seiloff at 42 while the Sabres picked Jake McCabe at 50. Woof.
With the 12th overall pick the Sabres drafted Grigorenko who turned out to be a bust, and with 14th overall they drafted girgensons, who is also busting but who's managed to play 420 games in the NHL.
The following players were drafted between #14 and #21 with their career points in brackets:
Cody Ceci (118)
Tom Wilson (144)
Tomas Hertl (244)
Teuvo Teravainen (226)
Andrei Vasilevskiy (208 gp .919 sv%)
Scott Laughton (79)
Jankowski (57)
They are already missing a 2nd this year....
Anyone able to help this team during it's current winning window should already be drafted and in the system by now.
Like I have been saying for years, this is a years old problem that will always be a problem until it is fundamentally addressed.