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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
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.
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Of course they’ve traded away too many picks. But in looking at drafting and development you can’t only look at the picks that worked out. You went all the way back to the Gaudreau draft to find players that made it but there are plenty of first, second and third rounders in there that didn’t. You don’t need me to list them.
Anyway i’m not really sure where this is going. My point is that their success rate is nothing close to 75% and they really need to understand what went wrong here with Bennett.