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Originally Posted by old-fart
At best... would have rather taken a flyer on one of those "lots of offensive skill but needs to work on consistency" type of players....
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Are there really that many players available in the third round that have "lots of offensive skill"?
And if so those consistency issues must be awful if they lasted this long.
Of course there are some gems that come out of the later rounds but there is a reason that these so-called skilled guys have been passed twice or more by NHL teams.
If Bouma makes it to the NHL in any capacity from the third round then it is a good pick and it appears that he has a much better chance than Johnny Superskills-but-no-smarts/heart/desire.
As much as we need skill there was an awful a lot of complaining about the bottom six guys. Bouma provides the possibility of being a solid 3rd line defensive forward that can be great on the forecheck. These guys are valuable in the NHL as well.