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Originally Posted by Caboose
Fortunately, Coronato and the guys in the AHL do qualify as being in the system lol. This seems like you're actively looking for something to be depressed about.
Most of these guys were pretty low round picks, so it's not surprising they aren't taking the CHL by storm. If you're expecting the scouts to hit on multiple late round picks every year, I think you might be very disappointed.
If you think this scouting staff is doing poorly, I'd suggest doing a good dig on other team's systems and what their late round prospects look like. I think you'd find that the Flames probably are at least average, if not better in that regard.
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They are ranked in the bottom 1/4 of the NHL for their prospect system by almost every qualitative and quantitative analysis.
It's not pretty. I am not looking for something to be disappointed about, I am looking at a system of a team who in 4 years might not have a single prospect able to make the jump. Ryan Francis beat the pants off of most of these kids in his D, D+1 and D+2 season and he is currently in the ECHL.
The drafting has been bad the last couple years, even with the dearth of picks.
The team needs to be better here.