12-20-2023, 11:48 AM
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Fearmongerer
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Wondering when # became hashtag and not a number sign.
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Nolan Patrick retires at 25
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Plagued by a migraine disorder, Patrick last appeared in a game with the Vegas Golden Knights in March 2022.
Reports of his retirement surfaced Tuesday after The Power Play, a hockey coaching and mentorship program, announced his employment as a skills specialist and video coach in an Instagram post.
The post referred to Patrick as a "retired pro with significant NHL experience.
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https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/...ick-retires-25
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12-20-2023, 11:52 AM
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#2
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Franchise Player
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Sad, poor guy. Hopefully he gets well enough to enjoy life after playing hockey.
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12-20-2023, 11:52 AM
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#3
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Austria, NOT Australia
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just a shame to see a career derailed and ended so early by injuries. Hope he can manage those concussions issues as well as possible.
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12-20-2023, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Cleveland, OH (Grew up in Calgary)
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Injuries really suck, he had a lot of potential. Good luck to him in his post-hockey life
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12-20-2023, 12:58 PM
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Probably playing Xbox, or...you know...
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look who was picked right after him:
Heiskanen
Makar
Pettersson
...then later on in round 2: Robertson.
Crazy good draft year.
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12-20-2023, 01:33 PM
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by StoneCole
look who was picked right after him:
Heiskanen
Makar
Pettersson
...then later on in round 2: Robertson.
Crazy good draft year.
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It is interesting to look at past drafts and where the actual stars got picked. Other than a small handful of players it probably lessens the validity of the tank strategy.
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12-20-2023, 01:41 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Goriders
It is interesting to look at past drafts and where the actual stars got picked. Other than a small handful of players it probably lessens the validity of the tank strategy.
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It actually validated tank works
Makar, Heskinen, Petterson all top 5 pick
Sure you can luck out on Robertsons or Kucherov or Gaudreau but that’s once a life time luck
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12-20-2023, 01:50 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
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So makar was picked at #3 and has won the Norris, playoff MVP and led his team to a Stanley Cup championship?
Getting a top 3 pick might actually work then! I'm flabbergasted!!
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12-20-2023, 01:56 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Only took until the 5th post to derail the thread into draft picks and tanking strategies. Good work!
Anyway...crappy for Nolan. 
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12-20-2023, 02:13 PM
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Flamesfan05
It actually validated tank works
Makar, Heskinen, Petterson all top 5 pick
Sure you can luck out on Robertsons or Kucherov or Gaudreau but that’s once a life time luck
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In my lifetime, so far, the Flames have these late picks:
3rd round Adam Fox
4th round Johnny Gaudreau
4th round TJ Brodie
4th round Robert Reichel
8th round Theo Fleury
9th round Gary Suter
6th round Brett Hull
3rd round Mike Vernon
9th round Hakan Loob
They are clearly not "once in a lifetime".
It helps to have high picks, but good players can be found throughout the draft.
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12-20-2023, 02:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: A small painted room
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12-20-2023, 02:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA/Scottsdale, AZ
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I recall being mildly annoyed the Devils didn't pick him at 1OA.
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12-20-2023, 02:59 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Poe969
So makar was picked at #3 and has won the Norris, playoff MVP and led his team to a Stanley Cup championship?
Getting a top 3 pick might actually work then! I'm flabbergasted!!
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Yep, the Flames need a player to request a trade, sit on that player for a year and a half while certain fans go apoplectic for not dealing the asset sooner, then trade him to a team for a following year unprotected 1st round pick, then have the team they traded to bottom out and end up bottom 3. Then hope other teams below don't win the lottery and push them out of the top 3. Then they have to hope the player they pick is actually the best player in the draft.
It's so simple!
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12-20-2023, 03:05 PM
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All I can get
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Jonathan Huberdeau was 3rd over all.
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12-20-2023, 03:37 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2020
Location: Dallas
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Eric Vail
In my lifetime, so far, the Flames have these late picks:
3rd round Adam Fox
4th round Johnny Gaudreau
4th round TJ Brodie
4th round Robert Reichel
8th round Theo Fleury
9th round Gary Suter
6th round Brett Hull
3rd round Mike Vernon
9th round Hakan Loob
They are clearly not "once in a lifetime".
It helps to have high picks, but good players can be found throughout the draft.
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Brodie and Reichel were not franchise altering players. Fleury and the rest were drafted over 30 yrs ago. Drafts were very different back then.
Also look at the rosters of all the Stanley cup winners. Most of them have at least one top 5 pick if not multiple
Last edited by Flamesfan05; 12-20-2023 at 03:42 PM.
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12-20-2023, 03:45 PM
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Franchise Player
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who/how many young players have had their careers end very early due to concussions?
Brett Lindros, Daniel Tkaczuk, Kris Chucko
Ignoring age, a few more come to mind
Eric Lindros, Adam Deadmarsh, Pat Lafontaine, Mark Savard, Paul Kariya, Steve Moore, Rick Nash
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12-20-2023, 03:49 PM
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#18
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Seattle, WA/Scottsdale, AZ
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Pronger
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12-20-2023, 03:49 PM
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#19
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: I don't belong here
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Jonathan Huberdeau was 3rd over all.
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We're set!
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12-20-2023, 04:11 PM
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#1 Goaltender
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada 02
who/how many young players have had their careers end very early due to concussions?
Brett Lindros, Daniel Tkaczuk, Kris Chucko
Ignoring age, a few more come to mind
Eric Lindros, Adam Deadmarsh, Pat Lafontaine, Mark Savard, Paul Kariya, Steve Moore, Rick Nash
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Gary Leeman. 
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