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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He's progressing fine. He's going to take a little longer than hoped but you can see there's potential there to at least be an NHL player. I'm just not sure if the offensive talent will translate into a top 6 winger the team probably hoped for when they drafted him. Just because Monahan and Bennett graduated to the NHL quickly it's simply not the norm and Flames fans are starting to forget what patience means when it comes to evaluating prospects.
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I'm sorry but this was the mantra for all of the Sutter drafts and almost none of those picks panned out. We were told to have patience for Boyd, we were told to have patience with Chucko, we were told to have patience with Negrin and I could go on and on. I'm not buying it. It seems to be getting pretty easy to tell who will have a meaningful NHL career and who won't by how early they start gelling in the NHL. All of those picks and only Backlund and Brodie ever became career NHL'ers.
Chances are if a prospect doesn't start showing they can hang in the NHL early, they never will. Not saying they have to be racking up points but they need to contribute in some way (i.e. Ferland).
Would be far more surprised if Poirier made it at this point then if he didn't. I think this camp will be the make or break.