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Originally Posted by Heavy Jack
I don't think Giroux was picked too early. He is a young player who is coming of a great 76 point year which was good enough for 13th overall (he got picked 16th overall which Patrick Marleau was in overall points last year just to give a comparison.) He's going to be taking over a bigger role now with the departures of Richards and Carter but he still has a great team and has the potential to build on top of his numbers from last year. I was shocked to see the pick myself but I think it's a great pick at the same time.
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Don't get me wrong, I like the player, just don't really see him as a first round pick in this type of draft. In my opinion (which admittedly isn't worth all that much) the first round is to find a player you a build a team around, and as I stated in my last post, I don't see Giroux as being one of the 30 best players in the NHL to use as a building block.
He is young though, has a great cap hit and huge upside, so I can't say the pick was terrible, just not what I would have done.