The only player out of the five in BlueJays post that simply wasn't good enough to make it was Klimchuk.
Bennett has been salvaged into a second line center.
Monahan is still a top6 centerman when he's healthy
Dube is on the same path as Bennett and has time to turn things around (notwithstanding the outcome of current events)
Poirier was trending well until injuries and alcoholism derailed his career
You can argue that the Flames screwed up all of those players. They kept bouncing around Bennett and constantly switching his position from his natural C. They've giving Dube the same treatment as Bennett. They didn't shut down Monahan early enough when his injuries started appearing. Could they have kept a closer eye on Poirier to get him earlier intervention when his partying started to get out of hand (apparently 2014-ish according to him) and help keep him on track?
Between 2011-17, the Flames were reliably pulling 2-3 NHL players out of the draft. It's still early, but that trend looks like it will continue for 2018-2020.
Judging by how many of the Flames' picks from the past decade are still in the NHL or playing top-tier pro hockey, the Flames are good at drafting and terrible at prospect development.
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