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Originally Posted by dammage79
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.
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League wide, I would say making the playoffs 4 out of 6 years is well above average. I would bet Montreal would jump at that.