Well, he and Hanowski better get used to it.
- FLflames34

Poirier and hano will battle for the 2nd line RW in the future, with Klimchuck and beartschi on te LW, gaudreau will be moved to top line RW

I also seen hanowski as our future captain, guy is a great leader and everyone seems to like him. It would sorta be like valley with the rangers, he's not the best plays but he has the best leadership qualities

Five years from now, if they were to redo this draft, it would look completely different as it does every year. A more fair evaluation of Feaster is the draft from two years ago. Two of the five picks are likely going to make the team this fall and the other three are still at least as promising as when they were picked. And all their picks from last year also look good.

I think I'll wait at least at least a year before passing judgement on today's picks.

Five years from now, if they were to redo this draft, it would look completely different as it does every year. A more fair evaluation of Feaster is the draft from two years ago. Two of the five picks are likely going to make the team this fall and the other three are still at least as promising as when they were picked. And all their picks from last year also look good.

I think I'll wait at least at least a year before passing judgement on today's picks.
- tincup

I think what's worse is that by the team you can do a proper evaluation on this draft Feaster could be gone. Kinda like Burke.

Hayley Mutch Hayley Mutch ‏@MG_Hayley 46s

Ouch. RT ‏@SWhyno #Canucks pick Hunter Shinkaruk: "To go to a team that's not on a downward slope is something that's a huge honour."

So he houldn't have wanted to play here anyways lol. Did anyone else notice that Barkov didn't seem too happy about going to Florida? He said some like "It's great to be drafted high but Florida i don't know..."
- flamminghead

Hence the reason he dropped; poor attitude.

I don't get 2 LW in the first round, unless Feaster drafted by their list of 'best available' which it sounds like, to their list, they did.
My main concern is why they drafted TWO LW's in the first rd??????
Cammalleri (trade bait)
Hudler (trade bait?)
Glencross (trade bait?)
Baertschi
Gaudreau
Hanowski
Poirier
Klimchuk
Bouma

The RW is mighty weak. At 6, position or no, I take Nich at RW. Oh well, Monoham is good for a #2 C for a long time and potential future C. His ceiling seems to be Marleau, not a bad thing by any means. I still see Backs or Jankowski being the future #1 though.

The D and G were not focused on much. So be it. This team will at least be entertaining to watch for once. Cundari and Ramo, time to step up.
- FLflames34

Shannon says Porier is a left shooting RW. Still, we could really use some right shots in the system.

Flames got a gimme with Monahan but messed it up with their next 2 picks. Especially the 2nd 1st pick. Feaster said he had all 3 in their top 13, something is clearly wrong with how they assess prospects. Much like last year's reach in the 1st round. How do you pass up on Shinkaruk and pick a guy ranked 46th by Mackenzie, and projected 2nd rounder in almost any mock draft? That roster looks attrocious, I bet big boy Feaster will overpay for another 3rd liner in free agency like last year with Hudler. Sad team. Feel bad for their fans.
- Smurfs-A-Joke

A lot ofteamspassed on Shinkaruk. There is a reason im sure.

Porier was a big climber in his draft year,much like Reinhart was when we took him in the 3rd rnd, but with more talent. The kid is fast and makes plays at top speed. A lot on here, I think, will be eating their words in time. Porier, by the way, is at Team Canada camp for the WJC. I would like to see him make the team and shut everyone up.

Todd Button.
Todd Button.
Todd Button.

Make no mistake, if Emile does not show to be worth it in 3 yrs, Feaster will be cooked for his future NHL career prospects. His entire future revolves around Emile. Anyone could have picked Monohan, and Klimchuk was the BPA at 28. Though his, and the Flames, future revolves around how Emile pans out.
I don't much care about the rest of the picks. They either work or they don't/.
- FLflames34

People said the same thing with Jankowski. So which is it that cooks Feaster......?

Poirier was projected as a late first early second round pick so I don't see how that wasn't close. The Flames were high on him and didn't want to take the chance the Canadians would draft him so they took him at 22nd. After the 15th pick or so it's pretty much a crapshoot anyway since you drafting based on how you think the player will progress in the next 2-3 years. There's little difference between the players ranked 15-30 and those ranked 30-45.

Jankowski was more of a risk but also offers a potential bigger reward. Scouts had him ranked all over the place and more than one believed he could potentially be the best player to come out of the draft even though he was far from ready. Feaster did trade down and picked up a second round pick that he didn't have. There was no one at 14 with as much possible upside as Jankowski and so Feaster got the second round pick and picked Jankowski where he could. It was very unlikely that he would still be there at 42. I'm happy with the combo of Jankowski and Sieloff over anyone they could have taken at 14, but it's still far to early to say if it was a brilliant, decent or terrible pick.
- Hunkulese

Bang on! I agree 100%.

Hence the reason he dropped; poor attitude.
- TandA4Flames

He didn't drop. He was ranked 4th was taken 2nd.

He didn't drop. He was ranked 4th was taken 2nd.
- flamminghead

I was talking about Shinkaruk.

A guy on the Oiler thread asked me this.

Cgy was thinking of trading three first round picks for avs first overall...would you trade monahan, poirier, and klimchuk for mack?

Tough question, no?