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Originally Posted by The Original FFIV
Right. But we passed on a player who could have panned out in favour of one who only wanted to play in Nyr.
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The scouts thought Erixon would pan out.
You can't really compare Erixon to good players taken by other teams in the same draft. You kind of have to compare him to the usual grade of bozos that the Flames were liable to draft with late first-rounders in those days. You know, Matt Pelech, Leland Irving, Greg Nemisz, Sven Baertschi. Because it was those same scouts identifying whatever talent they would have picked instead.
Looking at that list, I'm amazed they didn't pass on Mikael Backlund. Woof!