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Originally Posted by TOfan
This insistence that the Flames must get a first or second overall pick to build around isn’t necessarily true. Don’t get me wrong, there’s not much more I would wish for than the Flames to finally have some luck and have McKenna fall on their lap.
That said, and I made this point yesterday, in a redraft of 2016, Tkachuk likely goes second. 2011, Gaudreau likely goes top five.
Every year, or many years, there are guys who go outside top5 and should have in retrospect should have.
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Nothing is certain and you can always get lucky but your chances of hitting on top talent goes up the closer to the top you are. Not to mention the sort of exponential talent jump when you have generational or close to generational talent in the draft. Otherwise you could just get a bunch of seventh round picks.