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Originally Posted by Bingo
but a case can be made for Poirier
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If you look at Poirier's actual goal scoring and NHLe, they project out to a third liner right now (which is fine, let him develop). He's a great prospect, especially at his age, but I wouldn't call him a blue chipper. We're not even sure yet if he can be a 20 goal scorer at the NHL level as a forward IMHO.
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Gillies (what else can a goaltender do as a prospect) so I picked three.
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Well, he could have improved his save percentage over three years and actually led the NCAA(like Winnipeg's guy from the same draft year did).
He could have had a better showing for team USA (like WInnipeg's guy did)
He could have turned pro by now and had a decent pro season (... like Winnipeg's guy did)
He could have looked clearly better than the two-years-younger McDonald during dev camp, but I'm not sure he did.
Those are four reasons why I wouldn't call Gillies a blue chipper. If you look at true blue chip goaltenders throughout the NHL he's still tier below.