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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
That doesn't surprise me. You're pretty thick in the head most of the time. 
Bader's model is new, and it looks grossly flawed. What do I have again?
Common sense. How anyone can look at the Calgary Flames and say they have the 6th best drafting record or prospects in the league is mind bottling. Just because they drafted a bunch of guys that scored a lot in junior or college doesn't make them a good prospect. His model is not taking into consideration the challenges that each of these prospects faces along the way. Matthew Phillips is the ultimate example of that. Great scorer. Awesome skill set. Unfortunately it was obvious that skillset wouldn't translate to the NHL. Same goes for most of the Flames' prospects. As fun as having a youtube star as a prospect is, the likelihood of him turning into an NHL player are incredibly small.
News flash... they are still Flames prospects and count toward our prospect base. Imagine how piss poor our Bader number would be without those guys?
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Huh?
That honestly doesn't make any sense. Didn't say they didn't count. You said I moved the goal posts, I pointed out the junior aged players or future junior aged players are the players Buffalo would pick.
And yes Calgary would lose those players in a trade, but so would any team, and that's generally the top of the prospect pool for any organization.
What is flawed in Bader's system? Would love to know. I can clearly see what's flawed in yours ... anyone that calls their own opinion common sense is already off to a rough start.
And did you find any overtly positive things that I've said that would fit the rose coloured glasses comment?