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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Funny enough many (including myself) wanted Bennett over Draisaitl. I remember when Edmonton picked him all the people I watched that draft with cheered.
My point at the end of the day was the Flames have the equivalent of 3 top 3 picks in the form of their top line. Gaudreau would be 2-3 in a redraft, Lu dholm has solidified himself as third best after MacKinnon and Barkov, and Chucky is second. Even without a 1st in 2015 they acquired 2 top 4 D and a top 6 forward with their picks (agreed and Treliving’s draft).
Tampa is where they are because of good drafting and developing. Sure Hedmen and Stamkos are great but Point, Kucherov, Vasilesky are equally as important.
If the Flames can’t keep Chucky and Johnny they have little choice but to tear it down so I really hope it doesn’t come to that because I do think this team has potential to win it all
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There was a good article on the Athletic a while back on that pick from the Oilers perspective and what that pick meant to them. One of the things I recall reading is that one of the Oilers scouts said that after they announced Draisaitl, he looked over at the Flames table and the Flames were high fiving each other.
I guess we ‘got them back’ a couple years later.