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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
I completely agree with FW's notion about draft pick quantity. The flip side of this same issue is how absolutely terrible the Flames drafting has been for decades.
Since picking Gary Roberts at #12 in 1984, here is who the Flames organization has selected with their first available pick each year:
Pick Name NHLgp
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16 Pelawa 0
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Regardless of what circumstances lead this being their highest draft pick in a year, I find it hard to believe that any team’s amateur scouting has a worse track record in making their most important decision each year.
28 years between Roberts and Monahan = Stillman, Phaneuf, Backlund, Morris, and 24 varying levels of disappointment.
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I'm sorry but you can't include George Pelawa on this list. The man died in a car accident before training camp even started after he was drafted. That's like saying Luc Bourdon was a bust because he didn't reach 100 games.
We'll never know if he would have been a good player or not, but to simply look at his total games played and saying it was bad scouting/drafting is just.... off base.
Edit: I do agree with your overall point though. Damn I wish Irving panned out
