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Originally Posted by TOfan
What would you rather; be where the Flames are in which I would say is a competitive team that should be in the playoffs year in year out. Or would you rather be in Montreal’s position? They’ve stockpiled picks for years now and are still, in my opinion, not as close to competing as the Flames.
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Uhm, the Flames have shown they aren't any closer or any further away than anybody else outside of the perennial contenders, in which they are a fair bit back. I'd still prefer to build my team through the draft and have back ups in the system if players aren't meshing.
Kind of like how the Hawks balanced their runs with players coming through the system and plugging holes. Flames can't do that except at LW. And we are near the end of the line for defensemen coming through and graduating. The signings of Mackey, Kinvall, Poolman, Lerby and Yelesin filled the gaps for a year or two but after that it's pretty bleak. Using all your picks in this draft would help refurbish that.