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Originally Posted by Bingo
I do worry a bit that the Flames are becoming too much the draft darlings focusing on NHLe and maybe over looking how many of these young players are transferable based on height issues etc.me
Love me some skill ... but are they overdoing it?
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That's been the argument against the Canes, who over the years drafted gobs of these guys. The irony is that despite this preference, they missed Stankoven, drafting Aleksi Heimosalmi at 44, ahead of him going at 47. So I guess the thing is you have to pick the right skilled small guy.
And the other move Carolina has made has been to trade down constantly. I suspect their models tell them, that statistically more picks is better often than 1 higher pick.
But it's left them with a constant issue of lacking elite high end talent.
Overall I like the focus on skill for sure, but Carolina is an interesting case study in perhaps taking it too far.