Of course there are sexier picks but when building a team you need to look at organizational needs. Klimchuk is going to be a great 3rd liner who can show some decent offence but will be a great shutdown player, pk man. People seem to think that teams just need offensive guys and that will carry the day, you need players like Klimchuk to do the unselfish work imo and this is what he has shown in spades.
Between battling injuries and being the go to shutdown player on the Pats who is called on to go up against the opposition's top players plus kill penalties all the time does not leave a lot of room for his offense to shine through. You talk to all coaches in the WHL and they all gush talking about Klimchuk and his near perfect all around game, all think he will be a very dependable pro, I tend to agree. Do I think he's 2nd line material? No not at the moment, but I think he could further develop and may top out there but I have always said he got the making of "The Perfect" third line player which when it comes to playoff hockey you really need and is where they tend to come up big.
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