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Originally Posted by HitterD
Maybe I’m missing some inside joke here, but this really isn’t a thing anymore. Pelletier might be the only 1st since 2013 to not pan out. All other 1sts are legit NHL players, or in the case of the recent couple of drafts (Coronato and Honzek) are now tracking to be players.
One first round miss in 11 drafts is a vast improvement on the annual wasted (pelech, Nemisz etc) 1st round pick of old.
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From 2013 to Pelletier there was only one non top 6 pick, Valimaki and he was a bust as far as the Flames are concerned
The stats you pointed out really doesn’t say much but yeah in general you can’t say the flames drafted well or not recently