This is not at really relevant to the current discussion , but thought it was fun to go back a bit to the 89 Flames team- which in my mind is one of the deeper teams of my lifetime at least (sure there are other cup teams with inner circle elites that the Flames didn't have, but that was a team that had now 6 HOFers and there are allstars and borderline HOF arguments sprinkled throughout the rest of the lineup)
the team construction was really incredible- with the amount of savvy trades, late drafts and amateur UFA signings made by trader Cliff
they did have a few high end picks to be sure: Ramage, Lanny, Mark Hunter and Roberts come to mind- including a previous 1OV but that certainly wasn't the core of the cup team
their top 12 scorers
Undrafted Hall of Famer
9th round pick All star
7th rounder Hall of Famer
2nd rounder Hall of Famer
1st rounder Hall of Famer (15th OV)
9th rounder. Highest scoring D not in HOF
8th rounder 3 time cup winner
Undrafted 943 game career elite 3C
1st rounder (12 OV 1200 games 438 goals)
Undrafted 500 game career Selke finalist
4th rounder 700 game career
8th rounder 1088 points
that is some ridiculous GMing right there
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