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Originally Posted by jg13
I still can't believe we got Mangiapane in the 6th round..
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Lots of teams have prospects like this, guys who score a lot in junior, but due to size or other concerns go late in the draft. Flames have had their fair share of these types of prospects over the years.
There are a tonne of small skilled forwards who go in the draft every year that don't pan out or amount to much. You really don't know what you have until they turn pro.
I watched the Barrie game on the weekend and Mangiapane was decent but it wasn't like watching Johnny in college or at the world juniors where you had that sense "hmmm, this kid might be special". Even with Johnny, you still didn't know how he would do as a pro.