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Originally Posted by New Era
but in weighing the system the Flames have a really poor group of prospects and little balance in that group.
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Not making excuses but when you move five (5!) players from your prospect group to main roster in a year the prospect group is going to be thin. Even a year ago with Valimaki, Andersson, Kylington, Dube and Mangiapane listed as prospects our group wasn't that well thought of, so these lists are just... nothing. Yes Treliving has dealt away plenty of picks but his scouting staff have -- thankfully -- made the picks they have counted.
Calgary drafted a mere five times in 2015, didn't have a pick until the 53rd selection but have three NHL players from it four years later. Impressive. Pronman ranked our system 27th a year ago, despite those five players listed as prospects. It's totally fair to question his knowledge of our system. Perhaps down the line 2019s rankings will look equally as wrong when Jakob Pelletier establishes himself as an NHL'er by 19/20 and Dustin Wolf emerges as a star for the US World Juniors.
Besides, only teams that draft in the top couple of spots have "sure fire" prospects anyway, so that's not an issue for me.
