I meant this years first round picks. So Poirier, klimchuk (and Monahan).
Maybe Klimchuk is not tearing it up but he is still doing very well. I would say Poirier has been excellent.
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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I am somewhat surprised that this reaching statement (bolded) was taken as fact.
Gaudreau and Gillies have been dominating at their level.
Klimchuck, Poirer and Jankowski are not anywhere close to being dominate.
Backlund and Baertschi were better as 19 year olds in the CHL..
It is very hard to evaluate our Heat players. The stat lines of Granlund, Knight and Rienhart are so much better than what we have been accustomed to. That is a function of the Heat being a much more talented / better AHL team than we have had for a long time. The rising tide floats all ships.
The best players on the Heat have been Byron, Jones, Street, Billins . ... bubble AHL/NHL players
Brodie's 34 pts (basically leading the team in scoring) in 68 games as a 20 year old rookie pro with a +3 on the lowest scoring team in the AHL was an indicator that he was special. He didn't get a bunch of cheap assists or meaningless points in run away games.
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