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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
Back to Brad.
No pick in the last three drafts has played a game for us.
The 2017 draft is also a disaster - Valimaki and his 65 GP are all we have to show for it 4 years later.
The entire front office needs to go. There should literally be nobody employed in a coaching, scouting or managerial role after game 56 except Darryl.
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This is a poor analysis
In the 2018 draft, the Flames drafted Martin Pospisil at 105. There are only 5 players that have played a single NHL game after him. One that played 3. One that played 1. The other 3 have played around 37-45 games.
In the 2019 draft, the the Flames drafted Jakob Pelletier at #26.
There have been 6 players drafted after him that have played a single NHL game. The most 39 from Hoglander (great pick). Everyone else is under 10 games played.
In the 2020 draft, the Flames drafted Connor Zary at #24. Not a single player after him has played a single NHL game
As for the 2017 draft I'm not writing Valimaki off yet. Expectations were too high but coming off an injury he still has plenty of runway. Adam Ruzicka is the next highest pick at #109 and is developing nicely.
The problem with the Flames hasn't been the quality of who they are picking but rather the lack of picks.
The fact that "no player has played a single NHL game" in the last 3 years is a sign of nothing. It's simply far too early to judge.