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Originally Posted by dino7c
The Flames have had extra firsts every year for 3 years now...they are already doing that. Also, it couldn't have been that obvious considering he was drafted at the end of round 2 after he was passed on 60 times!
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It was obvious IMO.
I posted right after the Ronni pick that the Flames would regret not taking Hutson.
Most discussion from people before the draft was that Hutson wouldn't even be there at the Flames pick.
It was an obvious example of teams missing on a player that had elite skill level, because he was too small to be an NHL dman.
And I never said they weren't doing that...in fact I think I posted yesterday that the Flames have been good at doing that and have been a +6 surplus in the first 3 rounds of the 2024-2026 NHL draft. They need to keep doing that.
Edit: And nobody said it was obvious to take him earlier that all 30 teams should have picked him in the top 30 or even 45 of the draft...it became obvious from about pick 55 onwards that he was by far the most skilled player left on that draft board.