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Originally Posted by GGG
But again you can't compare him to one guy. Where is the comparison to the guy picked 22nd or 20th overall. There isn't one because those players haven't panned out yet.
The consensus pick keeps a GM employed and ensures average results. Never go for it on fourth and one at the goal line always take the points is convensional wisdom. IT IS WRONG. Convential wisdom allows GM's and Coaches to avoid criticism.
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It's not about the other teams it's about the situation fairly or unfairly. At the time the Flames were looked at as an old team that badly needed an infusion of young talent. The consensus was they should not be gambling on 1st round picks given their lack of talent in their system at that time. Fair or unfair that's the way it was viewed by those in the media and around the league.
It's no different about the situation of the Flames passing on Shinkaruk at 22. Piorier and Shinkaruk will be forever linked for better or worse. If Shinkaruk turns into a star and Poirier just another player Flames fans will hear about it for years despite the fact that the Leafs passed on him at after and a handful of teams before the Flames. Fair or not it's going to be an ongoing story. You can deal with it or you can continue to complain about how the media is out to get the Flames.