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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Lombardi's draft year: 18 g 44 pits in 65 games. In the following year he scored 28 and 67 in 72.
Poirier's draft year: 32 g 72 pts in 65 games. He is on pace to crack 100 pts this year.
Poirier has a fairly significant size advantage on Lombardi when he was the same age, and was a first-round draft pick in a strong draft. He is a much, MUCH better prospect than Lombardi ever was, and we should expect him to be a much better player at the NHL level.
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Lombo was also had the makings of a very good player from 2007-2009 on the Flames. I get that we're excited about having an abundance of higher first round picks, but we have to be realistic here. Having franchise players going past the top 10 (ex. Jarome Iginla going at #11) is an astronomical anomaly.
Best case scenario, he's a first line elite winger. At worst, he bottoms out as a third line grinder with wheels. However lets reign in expectations until he actually plays a game in the NHL.