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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
2005 and 2006 were horrific drafts for the Flames.
2005 is bad - 6th round pick Brett Sutter played the most of anyone, 60 NHL GP.
2006 is an abomination. Leland Irving played 13 games in the show.
If you're looking for the real reason the Iggy/Kipper Flames never achieved more than 2004, those two drafts are why.
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Who were they supposed to draft there in 2006? Michael Neuvirth? Jamie McGinn? The only player available that would have made a dent was Nick Foligno, and that's with perfect hindsight.
We should have gotten Carl Sneep.
2005 is the same thing -- James Neal would have made a difference, but the next closest would be Matt Niskanen. Vlasic would have been nice, it could have easily been Brendan Mikkelson.