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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
This idea that a pick in the future is worth less than a pick today is hogwash. People often try to equate it to the time value of money, but they are not at all alike. There is a real time value of money, because inflation erodes purchasing power. So a dollar tomorrow is worth less than a dollar today.
As for picks, every team drafts every year. There are only so many players available to be drafted each year, and some years have stronger draft pools than other years. Because of that, there is value in spreading picks over multiple years.
And specifically to 2027, it appears that it might be a deeper draft than 2026, and it is definitely stronger at C. So not only are the picks not less valuable, they might turn out to be more valuable.
Regarding waiting too long, it appears that the return was better than what they were seeing the prior year, so that would suggest that they did not wait too long, and actually improved the return by being patient.
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There might be another reason behind spreading out the picks. Before the 2024 draft Conroy was asked about what sort of things he discusses with Iginla as his advisor. One of the things that came up was the amount of draft picks per draft. He then was asked about the possibility of having too many draft picks. To which he replied that you can, at least in terms of finding development spots, and injecting all the prospects into the NHL at the same time. So the Flames might actually have a certain amount of picks they prefer to make per draft class.