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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
I remember Button saying that the reason the Flames passed on Kucherov was because they knew they were going to draft Gaudreau.
Despite this, they had Kucherov high on their rankings. Apparently they almost drafted him anyways.
""The Flames merrily made their second-round shouts — Markus Granlund, 45th; Tyler Wotherspoon, 57th — then groaned when the Tampa Bay Lightning nabbed Kucherov at No. 58.
“I turned to Jay and said, ‘We’ve got to take Johnny with the next pick,’ ” recalls Button. “Jay said, ‘Go ahead. Take him.’ ”"
From the Calgary Herald
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I think you have that a little backwards actually. It was that Tampa took Kucherov in the 2nd round and The Flames had them ranked closely, so they decided to take Johnny next, who luckily fell to the 4th, because they didn't have a 3rd that year.