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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
Aho was drafted 35th overall, Jarvis 13th overall, slavin 120th, Blake 109th. Most of the rest through free agency or trades. Almost none were drafted high. I think the Flames can follow that model, no need for super high picks.
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That’s not a model . Find an Aho in round 2 and a Slavin in round 4isnt a replicable model. It’s what you hope happens , but it can’t be the plan. Every team wants to do that
Again - there’s some misconception Carolina built a team without being bad for a long time
They didn’t
They finished in the bottom 13 seven times in 8 years starting in 2013.
They drafted a lot of top of the draft talent that contributed to their success (they ended up trading most - but their 2nd and 3rd playoff leading scorers were picked with those picks)
Even Aho was 35th overall because they had a bad record and one of the top picks in the 2nd round
They are well managed but they were bad for a long time and collected a lot of top assets with those picks
Flames have a 9th overall and a 13th overall as the only self drafted high picks in thier potential core . Wolf might be our Slavin / gem found late - but we are missing so much young talent and need years of properly rebuilding if you want to emulate the Carolina model