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Originally Posted by ComixZone
There's no Mackinnon, Makar, Stamkos, Hedman, McDavid, Draisaitl, Matthews, Tkachuk, Barkov etc. in that group. That's the makings of a mediocre/poor team.
The team needs elite, franchise players drafted at the top of strong draft years - and then they need to continue to draft and develop value through their later picks (which I think they've done a good job of - but you just can't overcome the lack of top picks).
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Thing is, Flames could have tanked in those years and still gotten Drouin, Patrick, Filatov, Kane, Strome, Puljujarvi, etc. They in fact drafted Tkachuk, of course, and you could argue they tanked and still missed Draisaitl and Barkov.
As it is, the Flames have on their roster the 5th overall from Mackinnon’s year, 5th from McDavid’s, 7th from Hedman’s. They have a 3OA in Huberdeau as well, of course.