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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
The ownership/management perspective is years in the making, it is not something that just came about this year. 5 first round picks in the last 8 drafts. 7 second round picks in the last 8 drafts. Six third round picks in the last 8 drafts. This team has consistently for almost a decade traded futures to win now. They have not won anything in that time. The desire to plan for tomorrow in my opinion has way more to do with what has happened in the last 8 years than it does with what happened this year.
The Flames have zero NHL prospects on the backend under the age of 22 outside of Poirier who would not be considered a top prospect in any other org.
They have three legit NHL forward prospects under 22.
The cupboards are pretty bare compared to every other team and that was an organizational decision from the last 8 years. The desire to improve that situation has little to do with this iteration of the team.
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Compared to every other team?
No not really. Bottom third for sure but there are worse