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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
2017 and 2018 probably won't move the Flames down because the picks they had were lower valued ones.
And I don't think 2018 looks bad relative to the picks they had. With 5 late round picks there are 3 intriguing prospects: Pospisil, Pettersson and Little Z. I consider both to be long shots still but right now they look like solid picks.
2018 hinges on Juuso but he is an NHLer so by a games played metric he will help that draft look like a relative success for the Flames. What remains to be seen is if he's a bottom pairing guy, top 4 or top 2.
I think Nikolev is still an intriguing prospect and then of course you have the x factor that is Dustin Wolf.
So I don't see how at this stage we can even label them as "bad"
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I guess we’ll see. I think it’s likely the Flames get very few, if any, NHL games out of the 2018 draft. Don’t know how that wouldn’t move them down using the criteria Bingo outlined.
With Juuso I think you’re referring to 2017 draft. Yeah really remains to be seen how great a pick that is.
2019 is all still TBD. All those picks still have potential.