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Originally Posted by dammage79
I'm excited. I think we will actually use the pick at the draft. I swear there's so many good players to choose from in the first round you cannot go wrong.
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I hope they keep the pick as well. I feel the Flames drafting has improved over the years as there's an article at the Athletic highlighting how drafting has improved since Treliving took over;
https://theathletic.com/1002396/2019...-in-all-sizes/
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They’ve also been successful. In fact, over the last four years of drafting, six Flames picks have already played in 20-or-more games and appear to on the path to long, successful NHL careers.
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Only Ottawa and New Jersey has had more success over the time frame but the Flames have only picked twice in the first round in that time span compared to four times for those teams as well the Flames have had less overall picks in that time frame than those teams. I feel pretty confident that the team under Treliving can buck the trend of missing when picking in the 20's range of the 1st round.