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polak · 04-04-2016, 10:20 AM

Yeah and Bouma, Ferland, Ortio and Cracknell are FAR from locks for hitting 400 games and being career NHL'ers.

Pardy, Brodie and Backlund look like they will. Phaneuf and Prust already have. Phaneuf obviously took the league by storm right away and Prust is a grinder and has only played 3 seasons with more than 60 games. Certainly not what you hope Poirier turns into but okay, lets count him too.

So out of all of the picks in the Darryl Sutter era, and all this patience preaching, only 4 NHL'ers started off slow and carved out a career in the NHL. Now if you ignore Defenseman who traditionally start of slow, that leaves two slow start forwards out of 8 drafts.... one of whom topped out as a grinder who doesn't draw in more often than not.

I hope he proves me wrong but the odds are against Poirier.

(As for Colborne, not counting him since he's not a Flames pick but I'm also not sold on him. One month of solid play doesn't erase the rest of his career. If he continues this next year then we can start assuming he can maintain that level)

04-04-2016, 10:20 AM	#17
polak In the Sin Bin Join Date: Aug 2012 Exp:	Yeah and Bouma, Ferland, Ortio and Cracknell are FAR from locks for hitting 400 games and being career NHL'ers. Pardy, Brodie and Backlund look like they will. Phaneuf and Prust already have. Phaneuf obviously took the league by storm right away and Prust is a grinder and has only played 3 seasons with more than 60 games. Certainly not what you hope Poirier turns into but okay, lets count him too. So out of all of the picks in the Darryl Sutter era, and all this patience preaching, only 4 NHL'ers started off slow and carved out a career in the NHL. Now if you ignore Defenseman who traditionally start of slow, that leaves two slow start forwards out of 8 drafts.... one of whom topped out as a grinder who doesn't draw in more often than not. I hope he proves me wrong but the odds are against Poirier. (As for Colborne, not counting him since he's not a Flames pick but I'm also not sold on him. One month of solid play doesn't erase the rest of his career. If he continues this next year then we can start assuming he can maintain that level) Last edited by polak; 04-04-2016 at 10:27 AM.