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Originally Posted by GioforPM
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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Even absent the Hamilton trade I don't think this group is a lot closer. If you add Barzal, that would then also mean subtracting both Hanifin and Lindholm. How much of an improvement does that actually make?
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