One of the great things about having 3 1st round picks is that the Flames are able to take a gamble on one of the later picks. Obviously Monahan at 6 was a given. But I don't really see any issue with using any of the other first with getting Poirier. If we would have only had 1 pick that round, yeah I'd be pissed. But the Flames can afford to gamble a bit with that pick.
And as others have said, other teams passed over the guy multiple times. The Flames had 3 picks to work with. Why isn't there an uproar over those other teams passing over him? The ONLY reason this is an issue, is because Shinkaruk is from Calgary. That is the only reason this is even an issue.
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