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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It's not over for Klimchuck and Poirier but I think we have to temper expectations. A bit of a cautionary tale as receiving 1st round picks in big trades is great and all but if you don't make good use of them it's a waste. The Igina and Bouwmeester trades don't look very good today seeing the Flames may have whiffed on those picks.
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Still too early to write off either of those kids. They are very young. Just because they were first rounders does not mean they are auto-busts if they don't step in early. See Backlund as an example of a player that took a few years to develop and still turned out just fine. Klimchuk in particular has missed a lot of development time due to injury.
Too early to write them off. Very important years for them though, I'll give you that.