[News] With the 32nd OA pick, the Flames select C Cullen Potter

[stemit14]

I just really like that this draft seemed like Calgary adopted the Dallas/Carolina method of taking the highest potential upside players with their first round picks. I wanted Calgary to take Johnston and Stankoven in those drafts simply because they had high upside. That’s what the Reschny and Potter picks feel like to me.

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by stemit14

I just really like that this draft seemed like Calgary adopted the Dallas/Carolina method of taking the highest potential upside players with their first round picks. I wanted Calgary to take Johnston and Stankoven in those drafts simply because they had high upside. That’s what the Reschny and Potter picks feel like to me.

This is a very popular viewpoint among us fans, but I think it's also interesting that both DAL and CAR, despite the success of having great pipelines of talent, are also 2 teams that seem to consistently underperform in the playoffs, due to a lack of the FLA grit factor.

Not saying it is wrong, just an observation.

[Ba'alzamon]

Originally Posted by Enoch Root

This is a very popular viewpoint among us fans, but I think it's also interesting that both DAL and CAR, despite the success of having great pipelines of talent, are also 2 teams that seem to consistently underperform in the playoffs, due to a lack of the FLA grit factor.

Not saying it is wrong, just an observation.

Considering that Dallas has made the conference final three years in a row and only won their division in one of those years, I'm not sure I'd agree they've underperformed in the playoffs.

[Andrew]

Lol some of us think we are nhl scouts

[Enoch Root]

Originally Posted by Ba'alzamon

Considering that Dallas has made the conference final three years in a row and only won their division in one of those years, I'm not sure I'd agree they've underperformed in the playoffs.

I would. They were considered among the top favourites to win it all, each of the last 2 years, and got trounced twice, looking weak and meek, both times.

Carolina has been similar - great in the regular season, great in the early rounds, but when the big boys get serious, they're getting trounced.

[McG]

Love that we drafted him; now let’s develop him in conjunction with his ncaa coaches.

Every team gets draft picks; not every team develops them.