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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Right, but given the fairly dramatic change from the Sutter era to today I think a more nuanced view of the draft and the scouting staff is warranted. If we are just focused on the first round under Button's tenure, then the picture looks like this:
Tod Button has been a director of scouting for the Flames under five General Managers: Craig Button (2001–2003), Darryl Sutter (2003–2010), Jay Feaster (2010–2013), Brian Burke (2013–2014) and Brad Treliving (2014–present). Here is the complete list of NHL players the Flames have drafted in the first round under each of these men's leadership while Button has been heading the scouting department:
Button: 3 for 3
Sutter: 1 for 6
Feaster: 2 for 2
Burke: 1 for 3
Treliving: 3 for 5 (but with two still playing Juniour hockey)
There appears to be one outlier there in the whole time that Button has been the Director of Scouting. It sure looks to me like your chief complaint has less to do with him, and a lot more to do with former Flames GMs.
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How about making these numbers a bit more effective by weighting where these GMs drafted in the first round.
From that perspective, is sutter's backlund pick the best first round pick the flames have drafted, when compared to where in the first round, over the last 20 years?
Is Gaudreau perhaps the biggest steal of a draft pick in the last 20 years?
Brodie, backlund, Giordano, ferland.. Maybe sutter wasn't all that bad either.
Treliving's legend of building strong cores through the draft is probably amongst league average....
Outside of RFA contract negotiations, where he's done really well, everything else is just right on par for everything Calgary Flames -> mediocre.