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Old 01-29-2024, 07:01 PM   #18544
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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18 View Post
You're assuming they made a pick in that range every year - you have to look at how many picks they made in that range.

Since the lockout here are the picks the Flames made from 20-30:

2006: Irving
2007: Backlund
2008: Nemisz
2009: Erixon
2012: Jankowski
2013: Poirier, Klimchuk
2019: Pelletier
2020: Zary

So they made 9 picks from 20-30 and I would argue that 4 were successful so far (Backlund, Jankowski, Pelletier, Zary)

Will be interesting to see too...but I think in the last 5 year or so we are seeing more players taken in that range have an impact than in the prior years.
Backlund is great. One of my favorites, but still a depth player, a very good one though. Jankowski is a replacement level nhler. Pelletier looks great but probably 2nd liner or 3rd. So he is like Backlund. Zary could be a game changer though.
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