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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
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.
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.
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also Emilio Pettersson, but I agree with the comments... I haven't been too impressed with amateur scouting, though many have a different opinion.
No one really will know until they get to the NHL, that said, out of the prospects we have, there's maybe 5 guys that will be NHL regulars?
Are there any except for Zary and Pelletier that could be first line players? I mean, I don't see it, but hope I am wrong