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Originally Posted by Calgary Highlander
Picks being out a few years on the Kadri and Andersson deals are actually a good thing.
Spaces out the draft selections a bit better and not all your players are needing contracts or hitting pro in the same year.
Basically 2-3 impact players will be turning pro every year for the next 5 years for the Flames.
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And if gives you a least a dark horse shot of a good team falling apart.
The Knights are looking soft this year, they've stripped their organization of future assets. It possible that next years unprotected pick could be a high one.
The Avs pick is 2 years away any anything could happen, if some how 2 specific guys become unavailable for a chunk of the Avs season that could suddenly become a high pick.
Best thing in the world would be if the Flames could trade Coleman for a 2030 1st round pick after free agency, it might be a stretch, but because teams discount more distant assets, it might be possible. They are already pick twice in the first round 5 years in a row, that would make it 6, and hopefully by 2028/2029 we are starting to see a team in the playoffs sitting on extra 1st round picks.