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Originally Posted by loob job
What I mean is we always value the most recent prospect picked as the best when someone like Zary or Pelletier or even Wolf might be the best prospect. That's all I meant by it.
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And you would be wrong about that...
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Originally Posted by Textcritic
· Zary was the Flames top draft pick in 2020, and he placed second behind Valimaki in the prospect poll.
· In 2019 the Flames picked Pelletier first in the draft, and he placed fourth.
· In 2018 the Flames didn't pick until the fourth round when they selected Posposil. He placed 20th in his first prospect ranking.
· In 2017 the Flames first pick was Valimaki, and he placed fourth.
· In 2016 the Flames selected Matthew Tkachuk sixth overall, and he placed first.
· In 2015 the Flames drafted Rasmus Andersson in the second round with their first pick, and he was subsequently ranked 13th.
· In 2014 the Flames drafted Sam Bennett with their highest ever pick at #4, and he placed second behind Gaudreau who had been in the organisation for three years by that point.
· In 2013 Sean Monahan was drafted by Calgary sixth overall, and he placed first in the prospect poll.
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With Coronato now having won the 2021 Prospect poll that is three of the Flames top draft picks in a sample of nine years. This is not something that happens "every year"; it is not something that "almost always" happens. It has happened THREE TIMES in the past decade.