I think Parsons was a good pick because he had good stats during his draft year, and then played well in this draft +1.
Compare him to Mason McDonald who had bad stats in his draft year and then bad stats moving forward. Now that was a bad pick.
Guys like Irving, Gillies and Parsons were fine as picks. The problems were with development. And problems (injuries) can happen with development no matter what. The team only has so much control.
No one thinks Wolf was a bad pick. Great stats pre and post draft.
Smaller goalies aren't as bad as they're made out to be. Look how good Nedeljkovic and Saros just play this year. Casey DeSmith had a solid season as well. I don't really have the evidence to support this, but it seems like they also tend to be more durable than taller goalies (although Raanta is always injured). Halak is still quite good for his age. Thomas peaked in his late thirties.
The Flames are great at drafting and developing small players. But they're bad at developing goalies.
Hopefully Wolf stays in line with the first trend rather than the latter.
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