Figgy44
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Hopefully slightly different than just the typical "late round gem exercise", but who do you think as a 3rd round pick or later that in hindsight salvaged entire drafts for a team and/or is worth more than a theoretical full positional redraft in 2025?
I'll define salvage as worth more than the remaining value of that team's draft that year or unknown redraft in 2025 (raw pick value).
I think this criteria may also highlight some non-elite players that wouldn't normally be identified (good but not elite).
I'm just using draft history btw:
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Flames 2018:
Martin Pospisil @ 105 (4th) > Demetrios Koumonzis @ 108 (4th) + Milos Roman @ 122 (4th) + Emilio Pettersen @ 167 (6th) + Dmitry Zavgorodniy at 198 (7th).
I'd say he is worth more than all of the other guys combined in that draft and worth more than 4th + 4th + 6th + 7th in 2025.
2019 draft Calgary Flames:
Dustin Wolf @ 214 (7th) > Pelletier @ 26th (1st) + Ilya Nikolaev @ 88 (3rd) + Lucas Feuk @ 116 (4th) + Josh Nodler @ 150 (5th)
I'd say Wolf is worth more than all of those guys combined (I love Pelletier though) and easily worth more than 2025 1st + 3rd + 4th + 5th unknowns at 26 + 88 + 116 + 150.
Yes... 2011.
and I'd say yes to 2019 and 2010 Flames draft but no to the gems found in the 2015 and 2016 Flames drafts.
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Minnesota Wild 2015 (Kaprizov), Yotes 2019 (Maccelli), Montreal 2014 (Evans)? Any other interesting ones?
I'll define salvage as worth more than the remaining value of that team's draft that year or unknown redraft in 2025 (raw pick value).
I think this criteria may also highlight some non-elite players that wouldn't normally be identified (good but not elite).
I'm just using draft history btw:
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Flames 2018:
Martin Pospisil @ 105 (4th) > Demetrios Koumonzis @ 108 (4th) + Milos Roman @ 122 (4th) + Emilio Pettersen @ 167 (6th) + Dmitry Zavgorodniy at 198 (7th).
I'd say he is worth more than all of the other guys combined in that draft and worth more than 4th + 4th + 6th + 7th in 2025.
2019 draft Calgary Flames:
Dustin Wolf @ 214 (7th) > Pelletier @ 26th (1st) + Ilya Nikolaev @ 88 (3rd) + Lucas Feuk @ 116 (4th) + Josh Nodler @ 150 (5th)
I'd say Wolf is worth more than all of those guys combined (I love Pelletier though) and easily worth more than 2025 1st + 3rd + 4th + 5th unknowns at 26 + 88 + 116 + 150.
Yes... 2011.
and I'd say yes to 2019 and 2010 Flames draft but no to the gems found in the 2015 and 2016 Flames drafts.------------------------
Minnesota Wild 2015 (Kaprizov), Yotes 2019 (Maccelli), Montreal 2014 (Evans)? Any other interesting ones?
