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Originally Posted by MrMike
Post our draft pick positions during the same time
Honestly, those are nothing exciting or standing out at all.
Those 5 7 5s were Elias Lindholm, Hayden Fleury and Noah Hanifin
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7 out of 8 years top 13, with 4 top 7 and a 2nd overall is “nothing exciting”
How do people expect us to copy and paste Carolina’s strategy without the main part of their strategy - pick good players early in the draft to create your core or players you eventually trade for assets that become part of the core ?
For example Coronato was 13th overall . If you find 3-4 Coronato type players and find a 2nd round Aho you have a good core . (Ignoring the 2nd overall pick that we have never even had )
Edit - I see you edited post - you don’t think Necas , Hanifin , Lindholm and Svichnikov were importsnt assets to get Carolina where they are today ?
And we also need to find an Aho in the 2nd round . Simple !
It actually shows even high picks can easily miss - and we have people penciling in every Flames prospect as a future player despite most being 2nd round or later , and this draft mid to end 1st round
We will also miss on lots of players. Higher picks makes it less likely to miss