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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
So now the question is why is the Flames current prospect base ranked so poorly. Are the experts "wrong"? Is it just a function of not having enough picks? Has drafting gotten worse as Treliving's tenure has progressed? Or is it a function of small sample sizes and luck looking at draft pick performance over a small number of years.
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I don’t think the “experts” are wrong. Most teams have a better prospect base by the definitions they give. I think the reasons are our good picks get graduated early (good thing) and Brad made numerous bad trades with high picks (bad thing) for players that didn’t work out
I’m not sure simply looking at current prospect pools is the best way to grade a drafting team, but I think ranking the flames prospect pool near the bottom of the league is completely fair. 2017 through 2019 I think will go down as a weak stretch for the franchise. 2020 looks good one year out