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Old 02-14-2021, 06:53 PM   #387
GioforPM
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina View Post
They tried to kick open the window too fast and it burned them. Yes the Sam pick was a factor too, but if they were more patient the could have offset that with a couple other higher picks.

The only funny thing is that after watching that happen the Canucks went and made the EXACT SAME MISTAKE.

Stupid Canucks learning from the Stupid Flames.
The Sam pick was huge. I’d argue that Monahan and Tkachuk, the only other reasonably high picks, play at their draft position. But a 4OA should be your stud centre and if we could have run with a centre of, say Brayden Point quality, followed by Monahan and Backlund at their present levels (with or without Lindholm as well), the team would be a contender.

But yeah, 2015 PO run happened after the Sam draft, and the Flames got over excited and traded for Hamilton, with a pick that could have been Barzal, Conner, Boeser or Konecny (or some that didn’t work out of course).
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