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I decided to compare Dallas Vs. Calgary in recent years as Dallas has been cited as a "model" to follow, and in doing so I think it focuses that yeah...Todd Button, as a head scout, is clearly a good degree worse than Dallas' head of amateur scouting (McDonnell).

2023: Probably too early to judge, and Dallas didn't have a 1st
2022: Probably too early to judge, and Calgary had nearly no picks

2021:

DAL 1st Round Pick (23rd): Wyatt Johnston
CGY 1st Round Pick (13th): Matt Coronato

DAL 2nd Round Pick (47th): Logan Stankoven
DAL 2nd Round Pick (48th): Artem Grushnikov
CGY 2nd Round Pick (45th): William Stromgren

McDonnell absolutely destroys Button in 2021.

2020:

DAL 1st Round Pick (30th): Mavrik Bourque
CGY 1st Round Pick (24th): Connor Zary

Dallas had no 2nd round pick, and I'd say that given Bourque is 4 months younger, and his dominance at the AHL level compared to Zary's AHL performance that Bourque at 30 is better than Zary at 24. Calgary's use of 50th overall on Yan Kuznetsov is not very impressive.

McDonnell wins 2020.

2019:

DAL 1st Round Pick (19th): Thomas Harley
CGY 1st Round Pick (26th): Jakob Pelletier

McDonnell pulled the better player here, but he should as he's drafting 7 spots earlier.

2018: Flames had pretty much no picks

2017:

DAL 1st Round Pick (3rd): Miro Heiskanen
DAL 1st Round Pick (26th): Jake Oettinger
CGY 1st Round Pick (16th): Juuso Valimaki

DAL 2nd Round Pick (39th): Jason Robertson
CGY did not have a 2nd Round Pick

McDonnell destroys Button.

On high value picks, McDonnell simply does not miss in recent years (which is hopefully a good sign for the Flames when it comes to Grushnikov). Button does.

McDonnell > Button, and McDonnell being as good as he seems to be at his job is why Dallas has done as well as they have. So if that's the 'model', then...well...Button needs to be better than McDonnell, and he's not.