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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Why? The Flames don't typically pick D in the first round any more than any other position. when they do it's turn out not too bad: Macinnis, Gauthier, Morris, Phaneuf, hopefully Valimaki. One superstar and a bunch of solid NHLers.
Big misses on Biotti and Erixon but that's about it.
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Matt Pelech was also drafted as a defenseman and was a pretty big whiff in the first round.
Those results are so old it's barely relevant anymore. The Flames hadn't taken a lot of D in recent drafts but still in the last 6 years they've drafted Andersson, Fox, Valimaki, Kylington. Fox was an absolute stud pick in the 3rd round, it's just too bad he only wanted to play for New York.