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Originally Posted by fotze
Just because merely voting and expressing my opinion is no longer much fun I will actively campaign for Poirier.
Knight drafted in the 5th round, just acquired for a 4th round pick. Never drafted into the WHL. Never invited to WJC camps.
Poirier a 1st round pick in a deep draft.
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Agreed. People seem to be thinking of Poirier and Klimchuk as 2nd and 3rd rounders respectively because they were our 2nd and 3rd round picks this year. But they were first rounders in one of the deepest drafts ever. There is a very good chance both of these guys are top 6 impact players.
Knight's upside is to be Manny Malholtra. Obviously to be a true cup contender you need a guy like that... but he is pretty meaningless if you don't have impact guys to play on the top 2 lines. I can't even imagine how hated Knight would be around here if Feaster had given up one of the first rounders for him this year.
I'm extremely happy we picked up Knight for next to nothing, and I think he could be a Flame regular for a long time starting this year, but if at least one of Poirer or Klimchuk don't greatly exceed his impact on the team this rebuild will take forever.