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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
You might reliably draft and develop quality forwards like Backlund, Pelletier and Coronato with mid to late first round picks, but doing so with a true high end offensive talent is next to impossible unless you're picking in the top 5 of the draft.
For every Tage Thompson there are hundreds of whiffs so I don't see how this can be a logical path for the Flames to take in order to land a true elite young center.
This team needs to jettison Hanifin, Tanev and possibly Markstrom asap to truly plummet down the standings and hope to draft one of the top 3 or 4 forwards that might just be a cornerstone to build around. That combined with the assets returned in those deals will set this team up for the future quite well.
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I agree but the Flames have consistently shied away from the tank approach previously. I don’t see that changing.