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Originally Posted by DoubleK
How many developing Centers to the Flames have in the system? 0
How many RHS Forwards do the Flames have in the system? 0
They haven't won a faceoff to goalies right in the d-zone since Lindholm left.
You are building a team, not a collection of BPA.
If that's not a mess, I don't know what is.
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First, let's start at the end. Backlund actually worked on his offhand faceoffs a lot in this offseason. That's why this year the Flames actually have the 5th best FO% 4 on 5 with 53.72%.
In the draft you should for the most part draft the best player available. Especially in the later rounds. Every organization has holes, and Conroy is slowly addressing them. For example drafting 3 centers with the first 3 picks last year. The year before that Conroy addressed the Flames having only Kuznetsov, Poirier and Solovyov as the D prospects, with 0 RS D among them. All of a sudden the Flames got Parekh, Brzustewicz(trade), and Mews.
Flames prospects when Conroy took over(based on the 2023 offseason CP rankings)
Pelletier -
Zary -
Coronato
Stromgren -
Ronni -
Klapka
Ciona -
Schwindt -
Pospisil
Bell - Kerins -
Pettersen
Poirier - X
Kuznetsov - X
Solovyov - X
G
Wolf
Sergeev
All things considered, Conroy did pretty well at both bringing players up to the NHL, and in filling the holes left by their departures in the system.