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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
75% success rate? Only because of who you chose to include. They have had draft picks other than the players you mentioned.
The team is what it is. Bennett failing here is not some crazy exception.
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Expectations matter.
I'm struggling to think of many draft picks who disappointed in recent years. Most guys either meet expectations or exceed them. Remember, most draft picks don't turn in to NHLers outside the 1st round. The only big one in the 1st round who failed was Jankowski, and even he was only a minor disappointment considering the reach that he was at the time.
Hell, I didn't even include Adam Fox even though I could have.
If you really have a problem with where the Flames are now, blame the dearth of quality picks in years before 2019 where Treliving spent like a drunken sailor. You cannot expect 5th round picks to routinely turn into NHLers.