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Originally Posted by Moneyhands23
I think our prospects are better than ppl give them credit. Guys like Francis, Phillips, Wolf, Yan just to mention a few.
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Come on, let’s be serious. Our prospects are way below average to not good. We have Zary and Pelletier as our best, and neither of them have top line potential. If they develop we’ll get a couple middle six players, which is acceptable for where they were drafted. Wolf and Kuznetsov are probably the next best, but a lot of that can be contributed to the lack of depth in the system. Where they stack up against other prospects at their positions is not overly high. After that, we are on the short end of the prospect stick. The Flames have a bunch of long shots, but that is understandable when you’re picking in the 4th through 7th rounds. You don’t get many quality players in those rounds and the Flames’ system is reflective of that.
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Add to this year's picks and next and we could be in a great spot going forward.
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A great spot? Well, we’ll be seeing an improvement, but so will most teams in the league as they add prospects to their systems as well. The Flames are several drafts away from being in a great position, and that is on,y if the scouts come through and pick some kids that actually develop. We’re prospect poor and we need more than an extra pick or two in a below average draft to fix the problems facing the system.