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Originally Posted by thymebalm

For me, what I saw out of both Kulak and Shinkaruk were two players that could take the NHL pace in spurts, but saw they both lacked consistency in their showings. They were call up material, but not roster ready. What I saw with Wotherspoon during his final call up was a player able to play good minutes relatively mistake free. He isn't a flashy prospect, but I didn't see him looking out of place once last season.

I saw Wotherspoon / Nakladal as a completely acceptable 5/6 pairing. I didn't see a 200ft game from Shinkaruk that would make me want to play him 82 games this year, and Kulak just looked a little raw and lost.

I expected Wotherspoon to make the team out of camp last year, but Kulak exploded past him before fading back to where he was. they are close, but from where I'm sitting, Wotherspoon is ahead.

Shinkaruk vs Wotherspoon is obviously not an apples to apples comparison, but when a rookie comes in hungry to score and winds up a minus player, it makes me question their NHL maturity.

Fair enough. We'll see how it shakes out. Hopefully they all turn out to be good NHL players. Will they all stick with the Flames or become a trade asset.