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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
Flames and Oilers are like polar opposites. Oilers suck at drafting and developing, but always luck into generational talents that can drag their team into competence. Flames have no luck ever drafting any sort of generational superstar, but are good at drafting and developing later round picks into NHL players that collectively make the team competent. If Flames had the Oiler's draft lottery luck, I have no doubt they'd be perennial contenders.
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Gotta disagree with the drafting and developing late round picks. In the last 20 years there’s only a handful of players drafted after the second who've made any sort of NHL career. Brodie, Gaudreau, Mang, Ferland, Fox, Wolf, Pospisil. Not to use the Oilers as a measuring stick, I don’t think this represents good drafting and development.
EDIT: when comparing with the recent dynasties the number of late round picks having any impact all look fairly comparable. One glaring difference is retention. Doughty, Kopitar, Brown, Quick. Crosby, Malkin, Letang. This should be the Flames year. Monohan, Bennett, Tkachuk, Gaudreau, Fox, just imagine what that lineup would be doing.