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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I would have preferred not to sign Barrie and use that ice time to cycle young defencemen through for development...
... but on the other hand, Flames have had an enormous amount of success with mid-round picks (3rd or later). So instead of worrying about development time, I will just focus that this signing will lead the Flames to draft the next:
Wolf - 7th round
Pospisil - 4th round
Fox - 3rd round
Mangiapane - 6th round
Gaudreau - 4th round
Ferland - 5th round
Brodie - 4th round
Prust - 3rd round
Lombardi - 3rd round
Moss - 7th round
Anderson - 3rd Round
Lydman - 4th round
Titov - 10th round
Svelha - 4th round
Hoglund - 10th round
Reichel - 4th round
Fleury - 8th round
Hull - 6th round
Suter - 9th round
Makarov - 12th round
Loob - 9th round
The more bullets in the chamber, the more likely the Flames are of actually drafting another superstar/franchise player/important depth player that leads to success.
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It is an interesting discussion.
What is more valuable...the potential draft pick you'd get from flipping a player like Barrie? Or a full year of an NHL roster spot to have free for young players to cycle into?
Draft picks are fun, but I lean slightly towards the open roster spot. Kuznetsov. Grushnikov. Poirier. Jurmo. Brzustewicz. Solovyov. The Flames have a ton of young defenceman that I'd like to see get a shot at the NHL level.
Sooner or later, I want to see if these defenceman are the next Mark Cundari or the next Rasmus Andersson.