It is interesting to keep watching these rankings and ask one's self what prospect pools, ranked above the Flames, would you take over Calgary's stable. There is of course risk of bias here but these are my takes.
#12 - Anaheim: I would rank the Ducks and Flames pretty much in a dead heat. Anaheim similarly has one top end prospect (Sennecke) and then a longer list of interesting prospects. I think this largely comes down to preference, including between each franchise's #1 prospect
#11 - Buffalo. I would rank the Sabres slightly ahead of the Flames on the strength of a few guys at the top with high end potential: Kulich, Helenius leading the way. I'm not high on Levi. But the bigger issue is they have too many of the same type of prospects. Overall though, slightly better
#10 - Seattle. I would rank the Kraken behind the Flames slightly. Catton is in my view a similar quality prospect to Parekh. Seattle has more boom/bust types with higher ceilings, but also more questions. I would say this is the case with all of Rehkopf, Firkus and Sale. If any of them make it, they likely play prominent offensive roles, but all 3 could completely bust out. These rankings always tend to value potential (which I don't disagree with) so I'm not surprised Seattle is ahead. But then I look at guys like Bru, Mews, etc and I don't think the Flames lack high ceiling prospects, and have more guys with a higher floor.
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