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Of course it's a "weak" draft, the Flames are about to load up on draft picks haha.
I seem to recall 2013 was a draft full of can't miss prospects and wasn't touted as weak. The fact we tried stapling that initial rebuild to it in the wrong way was a huge part of that downfall IMO.
Even then, the top 15 in that draft was quite solid. It's the loss of our first rounders to injury (Klimchuk, Monahan) and substance abuse (Poirier) and then drafting for need vs BPA (6 dmen from the 3rd round onwards). That further flushed assets down the toilet by not allowing the scouting group to properly swing for the fences and find those gems.
2013 NHL Entry Draft Picks at hockeydb.com
A sortable list of players drafted in the 2013 NHL Entry draft, including their career scoring after being drafted
www.hockeydb.com
When I look at the later round drafting, it looks very uncharacteristic. Like there must have been some major GM override there.