Is 6th the highest the Flames will pick for a decade?

[Table 5]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

What about Stillman? He's usually the forgotten man when Flames fans talk about our 6th overall selections.

Cory Stillman had himself a very nice career at over 1000 games and 700 points (3rd highest in his draft year). He was the best Flames draft pick of the 90s (not a lot of competition though). While you always dream for more, if that's what you get at 6 here, I think that's a pretty good selection.

[Reaper]

Originally Posted by Table 5

Cory Stillman had himself a very nice career at over 1000 games and 700 points (3rd highest in his draft year). He was the best Flames draft pick of the 90s (not a lot of competition though). While you always dream for more, if that's what you get at 6 here, I think that's a pretty good selection.

Lets not forget being on two Stanley Cup winning teams. While he may not have worked out for the Flames he managed to reach the top of the mountain in his career.

[Mass_nerder]

Until we address our goaltending situation, I fear we will not be out of the realistic lottery pick territory.

[Flames Draft Watcher]

Originally Posted by Mass_nerder

Until we address our goaltending situation, I fear we will not be out of the realistic lottery pick territory.

So are you predicting the Treliving fails to address our #1 weakness this offseason? I think most of us are assuming he solves it somehow.

[polak]

Ignoring the lottery, Probably not as there is a good chance we draft this low both in the beginning and end of your range.

I mean even if the rebuild goes perfectly to a tee and everyone develops well, we could have a similar year next year and in a decade chances will be that the core will already have started a decline.

[GranteedEV]

We will pick higher this decade.

30th OA.

[shadowlord]

Originally Posted by GranteedEV

We will pick higher this decade.

30th OA.

I like the way you think.

[Mass_nerder]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

So are you predicting the Treliving fails to address our #1 weakness this offseason? I think most of us are assuming he solves it somehow.

No, I'm hoping he will. I think he will.
But until then, I think status quo would put us in the bottom 5 again.

[Fire of the Phoenix]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

So are you predicting the Treliving fails to address our #1 weakness this offseason? I think most of us are assuming he solves it somehow.

Nah. We're totes rolling with just Ortio. Don't even need a backup, he's got this.

[ricardodw]

Originally Posted by Par

The Calgary Flames have a good core and they will likely, add to the core this summer, the Flames will probably add a good starting goalie, which will make them a better team, the question I have is, have the core the Flames have now and the pieces, they will add over this summer, is the 6th the highest the Flames will draft for decade or will there be another, year where they are picking this high?

Last year's core is this year's core (without Russell and Hudler)...albeit getting paid a lot more.

room for a goalie but nothing else..

The way the Flames get better over the next 2-3 years is Monahan, Gaudreau, Bennett, Hamilton getting better, and unexpected development (like happened with Brodie and Gio) where someone who is not considered core: Jankowski or the trio of 1st round picks from 2013 or 2016 #6 or Ferland all of the sudden forces their way into the core.


Also if Jon Gillies turns out to be the real deal #1 goalie that can win some NHL games on his own.

[flamesforcup]

one day in the next 10 years Gary Bettman will hand the stanley cup to Mark Giordano

[Spinach]

Since the lottery makes predicting picks impossible, I'm choosing to interpret this question as ,"will the Flames finish worse than 24th overall in the next decade?"

Although calling for a better finish next year is dicey for obvious reasons, I'm betting this team consistently improves in years 2-4, plateaus around years 5-8, and years 9-10 are anybody's guess. Of course, how they do in all of these years is anybody's guess. But those last couple of seasons are even more anybody's guess, because there's guessing and then there's guessing about guessing. I guess.

[MarkGio]

Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

So are you predicting the Treliving fails to address our #1 weakness this offseason? I think most of us are assuming he solves it somehow.

With the Flames current cap situation, I could see Treliving going back to Ramo and Ortio, citing better second half of the season as the reason.

[jroc]

The better question is: Will the Oilers draft outside of the top 5 in the next decade?

[dino7c]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

With the Flames current cap situation, I could see Treliving going back to Ramo and Ortio, citing better second half of the season as the reason.

not if he enjoys being an NHL GM

Flames will have AT LEAST one new goal tender in the fall I would bet everything I own on it

[Calgary4LIfe]

Originally Posted by CsInMyBlood

Really shows the importance of picking a good player with the pick this year.

No Rico or Daniel please, moar Monahan.

Daniel Tkaczuk was a great pick - and he looked like he was going to become a very good and important player for the next decade for Calgary. Only Hossa and POSSIBLY Morrow/Stuart were better picks after him.

Injuries derailed his career. It can happen to any pick. People talk about him being a bust, but it is because back then concussions were something you just shook off and went back into the game with. People remember that he 'busted', but most people never look back as to why that happened. Tkaczuk apparently still suffers from post-concussion syndrome IIRC. I think he would have become the perfect #1 center for Jarome, actually. I feel bad for the kid - half because his promising career got cut short, and half because most fans just remember him unfairly for busting.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

With the Flames current cap situation, I could see Treliving going back to Ramo and Ortio, citing better second half of the season as the reason.

No chance. Treliving will not roll the dice on Ramo's return from injury, which could be delayed until after the first few weeks of the season. Factor in rehab and conditioning, and I think it is likely that IF Ramo plays in the NHL next year, he won't even start a game until late Nov/early Dec. I expect that he either starts the year in the AHL, or returns to Europe.

The injury was severe, and unfortunately it set Ramo's NHL career in serious jeopardy. He is not Carey Price, and under the circumstances NO NHL GM is going to be ready to run with him out of the gate in Oct.

[1qqaaz]

Originally Posted by MarkGio

With the Flames current cap situation, I could see Treliving going back to Ramo and Ortio, citing better second half of the season as the reason.

I think I remember Boomer asking Treliving something to the tune of "You're doing bringing Ramo or Hiller back, are you?"

And Treliving basically said no.