There seems to be a consensus around analysts that the Flames cupboards are bare. It's not hard to agree.
1. Juuso Valimaki - 92.6% (Round 1)
2. Dillon Dube - 54.5% (Round 2)
3. Oliver Kylington - 78.3% (Round 3)
4. Jakob Pelletier - 58.0% (Round 4)
5. Matias Emilio Pettersen - 50.0% (Round 5)
6. Tyler Parsons - 50.0% (Round 6)
7. Matthew Phillips - 55.6% (Round 7)
8. Illya Nikolaev - 33.6% (Round 8)
9. Martin Pospisil - 35.8% (Round 9)
10. Dmitry Zavgorodniy - 29.9% (Round 10)
In Stockton right now it doesn't look like they have someone who is a guaranteed NHLer, Their Euro-prospects are not that exciting, they have a couple of could be bottom sixers in the NCAA and CHL.
IMO Pelletier and Valimaki are the only two players trending to be impact NHLers. But, that's the price you pay when you trade away as many draft picks as the Flames have.
The upside to this though, is that guys like Dube and Kyllington, have graduated from this class so it leaves things a little more bare then it might be otherwise.
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