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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
Mercer is criminally underrated, he's 5th in scoring from the 2020 draft and that's playing behind Hughes and Hischier. Do you think the Flames will be bad enough to draft in the top 4, I think we'll be lucky not to draft 11+ and just hand the pick to Montreal.
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The Flames have
no defence after Weegar and Andersson. It's questionable whether they have a single forward who would be on the top line of an average team. Their goaltending consists of an unproven rookie, a career minor-leaguer, and a backup who is frequently just bad. That's just to start the season; they're expected to trade even more veterans away between now and the deadline. They have every incentive to tank this year, and know it.
The Flames' first-round pick has no more chance of being 11th or later than I have of owning an NHL franchise.