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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
I think there are 3 future stars in the organization right now:
Wolf
Parekh
Gridin
I think there are a couple of potential stars too:
Wyttenbach is definitely making jumps up my list
Suniev - although slow to start the AHL - has some serious star potential IMO. Incredibly talented and has size too.
Mews may be here. He would probably have made the WJC team this year too if not for his injury. Small sample size so too early to tell.
There are other guys too. The NHL is all about speed now. A guy like Mathew Phillips just wasn't talented enough or fast enough. Potter is definitely fast enough, and he has the IQ and hands too. Maybe there is something more to him too.
Reschny has been climbing up my own books. I had him as an adequate 2nd line center, but he is proving that he might just be a 1st line center. I guess we will see, but it is hard not to like his game and the overall package he has. He just dispaced O'Brien - 6'2" RHS center that was taken 8th overall in the same draft on Team Canada. What does that say to you?
Then there is a LOT of really good depth. Basha is starting slow, but I will be shocked if he isn't a middle-six NHL'er in a couple of seasons. Honzek is going to be a good player for Calgary. Unfortunate injuries, but the good thing is that they are never the same ones, so I am not worried about his future health in the slightest. Morin will get it together - maybe he will be the next Giordano, or maybe he will be a bottom-pairing D, but I do like his 2-way game.
Flames are going to come out of this rebuild really well. More futures will be added. This prospect pool will really take a step up this year on so many lists. I look forward to it.
I laugh at the 'future of the team is hopeless' - I see exactly the opposite. This team's future is very bright. This organization drafts and develops really well. That's all that hope I need.
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I think that if we had just one franchise-talent type forward in our prospect group, we'd be stoked about the upside. You look at Chicago or San Jose, their overall talent base is probably inferior, but having that Bedard / Celebrini is the difference.
If we can get that player in the next couple of drafts (ideally two) then our rebuild is a success. If we start eking into the playoffs with what we have, then it's probably another decade of mediocrity.