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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Flames are an average at best regular season team that has gotten past round 1 once in 15 years and we are supposed to be happy about that?
Yeah, not this fan. Each to their own I guess.
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Here is my take on this.
Flames fans should be frustrated with the results this team has had in the past 30 years. That is 100% a fair statement, and especially in the past 15 years going back to the last lockout.
But I think the problem becomes that people just use the past results as a way to make a big deal about something not happening they way the want it to right now, or use it to downplay any positive moves that the Flames make.
The Flames drafting success is a perfect example. The Flames drafting and prospect base continually get trashed, when in reality the team has been much better at drafting since Sutter was removed as GM.
If you look at the last 10 drafts the Flames have drafted pretty well:. From 2011 to 2020 the Flames rank the following in draft success:
NHLer's Drafted: 9 (T-1st)
NHLer Success Rate: 15.8% (2nd)
Stars Drafted: 3 (T-5th)
Star Success Rate: 5.3% (6th)
# of skaters drafted : 57 (T-24th)
So by actual drafting metrics this team has been a top 5 drafting team over the last 10 drafts, but a lot of the discourse around here is that the team sucks at drafting. They trade too many picks, and don't do enough to stockpile picks, but the actual drafting itself has been fine.