[GT] June 22-23: The 2012 NHL Entry Draft!

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Savvy27

I'm having horrible flashbacks of trading down and taking Chucko.

I'm having horrible flashbacks of Kidd and Krahn.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by HOWITZER

WHAT IS GOING ON!?!?!?!

I thought we were trying to get better, why why why why why!!!!!!!!!

Last week the Flames had a press conference stating they were trying to get worse. Not their fault you missed it.

[Alberta_Beef]

I hope we get Jankowski and Samuelsson with our 2 picks, unliekly, but I can hope.

[HPLovecraft]

Feaster's picking a goalie at 21.

[EVERLAST]

We draft like black panther cologne.....60% of the time it works every time ......wow.....and I was hoping Boumeester would be dealt today to Toronto for the Leafs captain ....what's his face Dionne Fanufffffffffff

[Ashasx]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Feaster's picking a goalie at 21.

Conroy said in his interview today: "we are definitely not taking a goalie".

[Savvy27]

Wow... Ceci looks like a hell of a player.

[Flames_F.T.W]

Even if trading #14 turns out to be a good idea in the long run, still SOOOOO anti-climactic and disappointing, regardless of who they take at 21

[TurnedTheCorner]

Originally Posted by Matty81

Terrible to see the team drop 7 spots at the most key point in the draft to basically offload Kotalik. Selfishly at least maybe now we'll end up with one of the two Kelowna Rockets who are going to go in the late 1st/early 2nd.

I love the dots being connected here. Hey, who was on the grassy knoll by the by?

[kirant]

Washington Capitals take Maata <- Guess.

[vanisleflamesfan]

I love that pick for the Sens.

[Drake]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

Feaster's picking a goalie at 21.

I hope he does so all the sensitive crybabies here would have an even bigger meltdown.

[Henry Fool]

Originally Posted by Hustle

Interesting to see that Teuvo has fallen this far..... guy was expected to go top 7. Must be something up with him that the actual scouts (not CP armchair scouts) see as an issue.

That said, I still hope they go skill at 21. Jankowski certainly is intriguing.

There was plenty of praise from "actual scouts" for Teuvo in the articles. The thing is, he wasn't ranked so high just a few months ago. Teams might follow players with a different perspective. And individual scouts don't get the final say on who gets picked.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Ashasx

Conroy said in his interview today: "we are definitely not taking a goalie".

did he wink after? Subban is the only reason I see a reason to trade down.

[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by HPLovecraft

I don't know if McKenzie knows what the hell he's talking about at this point. His draft order was completely wrong. He hasn't much more of a clue than any others, it seems.

his draft order is who he thought was best, not how he expected them to be drafted. then the TSN list was based on opinions of scouts.

[AC]

Originally Posted by Henry Fool

To be fair, those scouts have been wrong more often than not in Flames' recent history, no?

Most of our scouts are recent hires.

Our last two drafts:
2011: Bartschi (1st round), Granlund (2nd), Wotherspoon (2nd), Gaudreau (4th), Brossoit (6th)
2010: Reinhart (3rd), Leach (3rd), Ramage (4th), Arnold (4th), Ferland (5th), Holland (7th)

All 11 draft picks have made some decent noise since being picked... except Leach I guess.

[GirlySports]

Tom Wilson!

[MrMastodonFarm]

CRAP!!!! Tom Wilson

[Eb0la11]

Samuelsson would be siiiiiick at 21. I am hoping for that.

[ClubFlames]

Thank god Wilson is gone.