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Originally Posted by saillias
Dear lord please let us stay away
the above quote you could apply to... Alexei Kovalev in his prime over say Mats Sundin. But I know who I would rather have over the course of his career.
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I think I would still take a chance on Nichushkin at 6th.
My bigger concern is whether or not the current Flames have the right type of mentor for him. Datsyuk was very much the same when he was a young player, but was mentored by guys like Yzerman, Fedorov and Lidstrom.
If Nichushkin has motivation or work ethic issues, it's not too late to turn him around. Some of the laziest people I knew when I was 18 turned out to be hardest working people I knew in their 20s and 30s.