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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
I love that even after graduating so many players the Flames' farm is chock full of great prospects. Rank them however you want, I think the top-10 will shake out pretty predictably with Valimaki, Andersson, Parsons, Dube, Mangiapane, Klimchuk, Foo, Kylington, Gillies, and Phillips, all of whom are terrific assets. What a great luxury and time to be a fan.
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I think the pool is good but not great. Prospects tend to get over-valued based on potential. Statistically, most of these guys will not be NHL regulars and the one's that are will not be impact players. I think the only guys that have the opportunity to become impact players are Valimaki, Parsons, Dube, Kylington and maybe Gillies (goalies are weird and sometimes take 10 years to find their game). Of those five, it's likely only 1 will be an impact player. We may get lucky and see more than that but it's unlikely.