Quote:
Originally Posted by Otto-matic
Monahan was 6th overall, Bennett 4th overall, Tkachuk was 6th overall. All three could have ended up being top 3 picks.
|
I’m not calling those bad picks.
Occasionally an Iginla will come from a first round pick outside the top 5, and Tkachuk may develop into a “star” core player, but Bennett and Monahan are not going to be core star players at that level.
And when you trade away your picks in the first 3 rounds, sometimes focusing on size over talent, you end up in the middle of the pack with holes in the prospect pool like the current situation with the Flames - we have good defense propsects, but very little to suggest we’ll get a high scoring forward out of our current prospects or the coming draft.