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Originally Posted by SilverKast
It sure seems to be a pretty common measuring stick. If we look at teams who historically draft well we all seem to wish we had their scouting and drafting. Yet on the flip side we don't give a pass to teams who have terrible draft records. Because then the rationale would be that just because they had terrible drafts in the past doesn't mean they will in the future right?
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There are too many things in play here to apply this to one pick in one draft and predict future success. Scouting staff's change, GM's change. The player pool in each respective draft pool changes. Recent data does seem to suggest that the Flames have been finding players after round one when given some picks to work with.
Since 2017 the only player picked by the Flames who has played a NHL game is Valimaki. Mangiapane is the only guy since the 2013 draft picked after round 2 who has played any games as a Flame. Adam Fox would still count too here. So that's two guys in the last 8 drafts.
Naratives can always be changed to suit someone's personal view on a topic. Again it's nice to get an extra pick and the circumstances do sting the OIlers which is better.
Either way I dislike Neal, and when Lucic scores and does what looks like a Tuscan Raider celebration it brings a smile to my face. I'd rather the team never had to deal for him. But I'm happy for him when he does score. Seems like ever since he started doing that, he looks like he's having fun, and he's getting to do that celebration a bit more. I'd like to see more of it. As a person Lucic is a guy I like seeing do well.