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Originally Posted by stemit14
True. Very unlikely to pick 2-3 times in the top 15 of a draft anyways. Would be fantastic if it did happen though. It sounds like the flames want to rebuild faster. Potentially getting multiple high picks in a single draft could be a way to make that happen. Averaging one impact player per draft through a single top ten pick each year leads to a rebuild that takes >5 years to collect and develop a core that is ready to compete. Getting 2-3 impact players from this draft and then another impact player from next year’s draft (with another likely high pick) would speed up the process. Dallas made their rebuild/retool fast by getting 3 impact players in a single draft. Their scouting department did well and were lucky by getting two of those players with picks outside the top 10 of the draft. Hard to plan for that in a rebuild… but finding a way to draft 3 times in the top 15 of a draft would be a great way to give your team a chance at a rebuild more similar to Dallas.
Much easier said than done of course… teams hate to trade first round picks at the draft and they almost never trade top ten picks.
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I’m on the “get a second top 15 pick if you can” train for sure. I’m also reminded that the last time a team had 2 picks in the top 15 was Columbus, in 2022 with #6 Jiricek and #12 mateychuk, both D and it’s likely too early to tell much.
2021, again Columbus this time with #5 Johnson and #12 Sillinger, that’s looking a bit better but again 3 years later and Columbus is drafting top 5 again most likely. It hasn’t helped them turn the corner yet
Ottawa in 2020 went #3 stuztle and #5 Sanderson. Great picks, but Ottawa is still terrible 4 years later and again drafting top 5-7 this coming draft.
If the Flames are going to speed up the rebuild it’s going to take more than multiple top 10 picks, even combined over multiple drafts of multiple first round picks, the Flames will still need to be great at development, roster building, free agent signing and get done luck to be back in the playoff picture in the next 3-5 years. And if they botch this, they end up the next Columbus, Buffalo or Ottawa, rebuilding their rebuilds for 2 or 3 times after