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Originally Posted by Bingo
3rd round
Adam Fox 2016
4th round
Adam Ruzicka 2017
5th round
6th round
Mangiapane 2015
Phillips 2016
Pettersson 2018
7th round
Zavagorodniy 2018
Wolf 2019
Not all of these players will make it, but with Adam Fox and Mangiapane already in the success pile they've mined some pretty decent talent.
How many years in a row did we look at Calgary picks in rounds 3 and on and wonder if they'd even be offered contracts?
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I acknowledged Fox and Mangiapane as guys picked after round 2 as being exceptional picks. Everyone else has yet to show anything at the NHL level. Most of them do need more time to get a better picture of what they might be as NHL players if they even make the league. Only time will answer that question.
The fact that Oiler fans might have to sweat this out till 2027 does make it fun though.
They found a way to get some value out of the Neal contract even it it's still a net loss and that's good. If Lucic was making 3 million a year there would be a lot less complaining about him, especially with how he is playing right now. I'll liken it to me saying I'm glad I sold my house for a $15,000 loss rather than held it for another year and take a 30,000 loss. When I knew that there was big risk of losing money by buying a house in the first place.