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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Bader is a joke. He's a Flames die-hard apologist in the same vein that mudcrutch was for the Oilers. Creating bull#### stats that don't hold up to real scrutiny. Pumping up late draft picks because of TJ Brodie, Johnny Hockey, and Andrew Mangiapane turning into players is a pile of bull####. You have to look at it player by player, and the players the Flames have drafted are real questionable quantities. A lot of small players whose skills just don't translate. It's why every other publication that reviews prospects and systems has the Flames in the bottom third of the league, and some of them even bottom of that third.
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I don't care for the rest of your post, but Bader literally uses statistical analysis for his prospect models. It's not like he watches who the Flames draft and then immediately ups their ranking. It's the most non-biased approach you can possibly take
"Scouts" like Pronman, Wheeler, etc... use the most biased form of ranking prospects you can possibly use. They form early opinions on players and combine that with their draft positions to rank them where they do. You really think those guys know the ins and outs about every single NHL prospect? Yea, okay.
I don't care if you value Bader's opinions the same way I don't value the opinions of the people you're referring to that rank the Flames so low, but I'd much rather go with the non-biased, statistical analysis route then the most biased form of rankings you can have.