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Originally Posted by Goriders
I didn’t see all of them. But it did seem to me that Sutter’s transition from coach to GM wasn’t the best. Especially at the draft table. How many 6’ 4” 225lb plugs from Red Deer can you possibly draft in the first round.
That era of drafting really set the organization back.
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Sutter first round picks were
Phaneuf
Chucko
Pelech
Irving
Backlind
Nemisz
Erixon
(No pick Jokinen trade)
So one plug from Red Deer was far and away the best player.
The Flames were rebuilding up their scouting a development system in those years. So I think the teams scouting and drafting in those years was really poor largely because they had cheaped out on it a lot from 97 to 04.