Burakovsky went right after Poirier if I'm not mistaken.
The 2013 picks, Poirier and Klimchuk, at least made sense at the time. Poirier was a bit off the board, but he had a great +1 draft season. That was followed by a great rookie year in the AHL. Kimchuk was picked around where most thought he would go.
The 2013 draft is odd, because the third round is better than the second round. Buchnevich, Pesce, Guentzel, Duclair, and Bjorkstrand are all pretty good players. But outside of the top 20, it was a pretty week draft. Better than 2012 though.
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