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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
If memory serves the logic behind the Flames trading down that year was they thought they could profit off of being the smartest guys in the room about Jankowski into additional draft capital and take the guy they wanted all along later. The next five picks after the Flames original slot in order was Ceci, Wilson, Hertl, Teravaianen, Vasilevski, it's pretty tough to know we skipped over all five of those guys to draft Jankowski. Any of those guys would be a great investment of a mid first round pick today, and it's not totally using the benefit of hindsight since it's five picks in a row immediately after, odds are good we might have taken one of them.
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It's easy to forget of the move down, we always hear of the Olli Maata 'miss' that turned out to not be such a miss, but the Ceci, Wilson, Hertl, Teravaianen, Vasilveski picks are forgotten about.
https://flamesnation.ca/2012/06/23/f...-21st-overall/
And what did the Flames get for that 42nd overall?
Patrick Sieloff
One of Ceci, Wilson, Hertl, Teravaianen, Vasileski
or
Jankowski + Sieloff
Thank Feaster...for all the accolades he got for picking Gaudreau, we seem to forget the bad picks.