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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Flames have drafted a bunch of mid sized defencemen that haven't worked out either. Negrin, Erixon, Ramage, Gilmour, Culkin, Hickey. BTW, it doesn't look like Kylington or Valimaki will have a big career either. And they've a couple bigger guys who carved out careers that were missed: Pardy, Phaneuf.
What it looks like more is that the Flames haven't drafted well on D period.
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Damn, you went into the archives for that. Most of those guys are 3rd round or later so I don't know the success rate of blue liners in the later rounds. John Gilmour was a 7th rounder. They've hit on TJ Brodie, Brett Kulak and Adam Fox in those late rounds as well in a similar time period. No Oliver Kylington went off the rails but Rasmus Andersson has done well for himself