I don't think there's a whole lot to argue about here.
But it's spin.
Those that want to see the happy side of life point to the graduates and the team being 2nd in the West.
Those that want to see the grumpy side of it point to a lack of picks in recent years as hurting the farm system.
Both are very very correct.
The saving grace to have a list at all is the number of times this group has found decent to great players in the third and later rounds in recent years. It would be a boatload worse if they didn't find Mangiapane, Fox, Phillips, Lindstrom, Ruzicka, Sveningsson, and pretty much the whole 2018 draft.
But would I prefer they hang on to more picks? Absolutely. I was pinning for the 2019 first to remain in Flames control.
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