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Originally Posted by Red Menace
Still a bit baffled by the overrating of Wotherspoon, Sieloff and even Knight....don't see how any of them can be compared to the 2 first rounders we just got in a very deep draft.
My criteria is always who is the greater asset? No way we would have traded one of those 1st rd picks for Knight, or that anyone else would have traded one of their 1st's this year to get Wotherspoon or Sieloff.
I don't want to talk negatively about any of those 3 guys because I have high hopes for all of them, but I really feel CP has missed the boat a bit on these last few picks.
I am continuing to pick Poirier, followed by Klimchuk.
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I agree with a lot of what you've said.
However it can be argued that both Wotherspoon and Sieloff have developed well since being drafted and may have raised their value from a 2nd rounder. Especially Wotherspoon IMO who has really proven himself in the last year and looks like he'll be close to making the NHL soon.
I have no problem putting Wotherspoon high because I think his development over the past 2 years has erased any doubts about him and increased his value. Sieloff I think is still a bit too unproven to rank above Poirier but I can see where people are coming from there. Top 4 defenders are also arguably harder to find than 2nd line forwards.
So I can see the argument from both sides. Personally I had Wotherspoon a lot higher than Sieloff on my list strictly because Wotherspoon's development in the past year was great.
I do think the fanbase is underrating Poirier and Klimchuk slightly at this point. Both have higher offensive upsides than Knight from what I can tell. But I also understand why people would want to rank highly a likely NHL ready, big, right shooting centre with tremendous faceoff skills. There's no question marks on Knight right now except how he transitions to pro. Still a lot more question marks on Poirier and Klimchuk.
From the thread that started these polls I ended up settling on the following rankings for 6-10
6. Wotherspoon
7. Poirier
8. Horak
9. Knight
10. Sieloff
11. Klimchuk
Knight could be ahead of Horak easily. Sieloff maybe should be higher? Perhaps I'm underrating Klimchuk?
Really tough to make the list.