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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
No, the difference between the good team Penguins and the bad team Flames is Crosby and Malkin, who basically fell in their laps after years of embarrasment.
You're making it sound like teams don't go off the concensus board all the time, especially after the first 7-8 picks.
What's your opinion on Poirer and Shinkaruk pick? Concensus said there's better prospect in Shinkaruk sitting their but we went off the board and took Poirer?
Matta was passed over by several teams just like Shinkaruk was. Not to mention Matta hasn't won the Norris or anything close to declare him the better prospect right now. He's in a good situation on a winning team. Don't forget couple years back Del Zotto, Gardiner etc were looking great. As a dman doesn't take look great one year and really bad the next.
Like you said lets wait and see how this plays out. Far too early.
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Lets get one thing out of the way. Maatta is by far the better prospect even without the book closed. Not really debatable when you look at where both players are today. Jankowski isn't remotely close to a dominant college player and in his 2nd season hasn't made strides while Maatta has played well in the NHL. Not even close.
The Oilers are proof that you just don't cultivate first round picks into a great team. There still is more to the Penguins than Crosby and Malkin. Also you are making it sound like Jankowski was a 1st round prospect and the Flames picked him only a few slots ahead. This was one of the biggest first round reaches in recent history as he wasn't even considered a 2nd round pick on a lot of scouting boards.
I have heard that Shinkaruk was lukewarm about the prospect of going to the Flames and if that's the case then it's probably best they passed on him. Poirier looks like a decent enough pick at the moment but that chapter hasn't even been written yet as neither player has played in the NHL. I'm actually more lukewarm on Klimchuk who to me looks like a Backlund clone lacking high end skills but he's supposedly of very good character which means he could be a good role player. At the end of the day if both Poirier and Klimchuk play roles on the Flames in the future it's a fairly successful first round.