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Originally Posted by David Struch
I don't think the Flames have ever had this many of their own drafted players on the team at one time.
Juuso Välimäki
Adam Ruzicka (was in the bubble)
Matthew Tkachuk
Dillon Dubé
Matthew Phillips (was in the bubble)
Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington
Andrew Mangiapane
Sam Bennett
Sean Monahan
Mark Jankowski
Jon Gillies (was in the bubble)
Johnny Gaudreau
T.J. Brodie
Mikael Backlund
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And only 4 of them are 1st rounders.
As bad as the Flames are in the 1st round, they do seem to have a decent history of drafting players in later rounds. Maybe a product of having good scouts, but a lousy GM, since the GMs often put their foot down in the 1st round or 2, then let the scouts hash it out after that as GMs have little time during the season to watch kids play.