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Originally Posted by The Fonz
Downside is a 500+ NHL games played career?
I know I'm being bitchy here, but you gotta get real with your projections on prospects. You were doing the same thing in the prospect poll threads this summer, saying Knight was pretty much a lock to be a quality 2nd/3rd line C, while Klimchuk at worst would be a Lee Stempniak.
Knight, at 23 years old, isn't even a lock to ever play a full season in the NHL, let alone be a quality 2/3 center. The downside of Poirier/Klimchuk is that they never stick in this league, not that they turn out like Lombardi/Cogliano/Stempniak.
30% of the players drafted in the 1st round will never play more than 200 games in the NHL.
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This is why I don't agree when some posters want to trade almost every solid vet we have for draft choices when even first round choices have maybe a 50% chance of being a solid NHL player.