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Originally Posted by AT77
Coleman is absolutely a part of those examples. He’s also on the wrong side of 30, and he’s not worth nearly $5 million a year for 6 more seasons. That contract will be horrible after the next 2-3 years.
And Toffoli was on a 19 goal pace this season lol. See? Inconsistent. Just because he’s signed for 2 more years doesn’t make it a better deal considering his inconsistency, and just because he won a cup with a team that was led by guys like Kopitar, Doughty, Carter, Williams, Quick, etc, doesn’t mean he’s a certified winner. What does he contribute more to winning than the guys I mentioned? Those guys actually have some star power to their name, and for good reason. There’s nothing special about Toffoli to justify a 1st round pick and have him play on the 3rd line, as that is an absolutely a waste. He’s slow and so are Monahan and Lucic on the 3rd line. A 2nd for him in that package would have been sufficient, especially if he’s not in our top 6. He’s a decent piece, but slow and going on the wrong side of 30 soon and very inconsistent, thus not worth a 1st as he doesn’t put us over the top to justify the 1st but for some reason you guys were absolutely in love with the thought of getting him regardless of what it took. So yes, it’s a waste of a 1st which should be used to get a star player that puts us over the top and can play in our top 6, not play on the 3rd line with 12 minutes a game.
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I think you over-estimate the value of a late first pick. Looking at the last three drafts, these are all the Flames late (picked 15th or later) first round picks for the last 20 years:
22 Emile Poirier
28 Morgan Klimchuk
21 Mark Jankowski
23 Tim Erikson
25 Greg Neimsz
24 Mikael Backlund
26 Leland Irving
26 Matt Pelech
24 Kris Chucko
So, they landed one in nine late first round picks. The rest were marginal players or complete busts.