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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
So if the Flames don’t draft top 5 this year why is that a massive set-back? You can only control the things that are controllable. Getting a top 10 pick isn’t one of those. But this team is tracking to be worse near-term (next season, season after, etc) than better. A lot of us expected that they would start to bottom out this year, but that’s not happening but the core is aging and the roster won’t be better next year.
I just don't understand what you expected the team to do in order to assure themselves of a top 5 finish.
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I still think the team has a good chance of a top 10 pick finish. Top 5 is not going to happen, but I see a possible path to pick 9 or 10 depending on how our next few road trips go.
The question would then be, if we are sitting and 9 or 10 do we stay there or do we use some of our other draft capital to convert quantity into quality. I would be happy to see the team use the NJD pick to trade up and try for a Misa and/or McQueen.