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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
Players are more ready early now. Like Tkachuk. Johnny took time to mature and get NHL ready.
Picking early the draft we should be getting NHL players right away. The clock starts ticking right away because that 2nd contract will make it hard to compete. We had that big 50 win season won the west on the last year of Tkachuk ELC. That was the time to strike for that group.
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It’s not all the common for players drafted in the range the Flames will be picking to contribute right away.
Player drafted 7th to 11th from 2017 to 2020:
Andersson - bust
Mittlestadt - first cracked 50 pts at D+5
Rasmussen - established as middle-six forward at D+4
Tippet - first cracked 50 pts at D+5
Vilardi - established as middle-six forward at D+4
Q Hughes - top-pairing d-man at D+2
Boqvist - bottom pairing d-man at D+3
Kravtsov - bust
Bouchard - top-pairing d-man at D+5
Wahlstrom - third-paring d-man at D+3
Cozens - second-line C at D+2
Broberg - bust
Zegras - top-six winger at D+3
Podkolzin - bust
Soderstrom - bust
Holtz - middle-six winger at D+4
J Quinn - middle-six winger at D+3
Rossi - middle-six winger at D+4
Perfetti - middle-six center at D+3
Askarov - ?