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Originally Posted by Toonage
I'm not saying the Flames shouldn't try for him, but put me in the camp that is leery of his condition and would like to see the Flames limit what they spend on him if this comes to pass. Giving up (for example) 2 of your last 3 first round prospects and another 1st round pick is short sighted.
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What if these mid round picks turn out to be Baertschi's or Backlund's or even worse? Nothing wrong with that for mid round picks and that would actually be great for mid round picks. However, that just means more roster players and no stars to push them over the edge as the the current stars age out... its a recipe for 8th place unless they are truly rebuilding and drafting top 5.
They are not going to money puck, run the table and get all hits on all their picks to create the critical mass of talent needed. I like our scouts but lets be realistic what are the odds they get a true 1c to compete with the Avs or even Florida out of mid round picks before the rest of the team ages or caps out? We might get one 1st line player out of this mid round pick crop in the next 3 to 5 yrs. What are the odds they are better than Eichel? For once they need to nut up and go for it if they refuse to rebuild properly for top 5 picks.