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Originally Posted by kipperiggy
Didn't Conroy say they wanted to avoid the Dave/Adam Lowry situation where they didn't want to draft him because Dad played here and they ended up regretting it? So if Tij is BPA I think they pick him. If he's not, they don't.
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I had not heard that but that's interesting.
They picked Wotherspoon at 57. Kucherov went next at 58. Lowry went at 67 and Flames picked Gaudreau at 104.
I had previously heard that the Flames felt they could wait another round to pick Kucherov so they took Wotherspoon and then... oops! They then decided to take Gaudreau next because they heard other teams were interested too and they didn't want to miss out on both players. Something doesn't add up because they didn't have a 3rd round that year. Could you imagine if the Flames drafted:
1st - Baertschi
2nd - Kucherov
2nd - Lowry
4th - Gaudreau
6th - Broissoit.
Their 1st pick would have been the worst of that bunch!