Where would Morgan Klimchuk be drafted if he were in the 2014 draft?

[Pirate King Luffy]

Philadelphia.

Cream cheese.

 

[MonahanTheMan]

He started out hot, then his production fell off a cliff despite given lots of starts in the Offensive sone against weak opposition. Potential wise, the three centers of this year simply have more talent.

Also, Flames fans, are you still happy with Poirier over Shinkaruk?

Production is not the main reason we drafted Monahan. He is projected to be even better defensively than offensively.

Furthermore, taking this year into account when trying to determine where he would be drafted is pretty dumb. Players don't play in the NHL before being drafted, so you project their draft position off their play in Junior. Monahan in Junior looked about as good as Draisaitl does now.

And yes, I'm happy with Poirier over Shinkaruk because Poirier doesn't play a completely one-dimensional game and isn't a bad-attitude ****-eater.

 

[DCDM]

Production is not the main reason we drafted Monahan. He is projected to be even better defensively than offensively.

Furthermore, taking this year into account when trying to determine where he would be drafted is pretty dumb. Players don't play in the NHL before being drafted, so you project their draft position off their play in Junior. Monahan in Junior looked about as good as Draisaitl does now.

And yes, I'm happy with Poirier over Shinkaruk because Poirier doesn't play a completely one-dimensional game and isn't a bad-attitude ****-eater.

Poirier totally tore up the Q, added 26 points in 9 playoff games with Gatineau, then had 4 points in 2 games in the AHL playoffs. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a taste of the NHL towards the end of next year with that kind of progression.

Shinkaruk, the few times I saw him, looked fairly uninspiring. HockeyDB says he only played 18 games which I'm guessing means he was injured most of the season. But when I did see him, he looked pretty lazy.

We're happy with Poirier, who could very well be our next Glencross.

 

[Skobel24]

Poirier totally tore up the Q, added 26 points in 9 playoff games with Gatineau, then had 4 points in 2 games in the AHL playoffs. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a taste of the NHL towards the end of next year with that kind of progression.

uh... no. He had 26 PIM. In 9 games, he had 7 goals and 3 assist.

 

[DCDM]

uh... no. He had 26 PIM. In 9 games, he had 7 goals and 3 assist.

My face when I can't read a table. Yeesh.

 

[InfinityIggy]

uh... no. He had 26 PIM. In 9 games, he had 7 goals and 3 assist.

I was gonna say...26 points in 9 games? How the hell did they get eliminated then.

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

My face when I can't read a table. Yeesh.

Curious, what does DBU stand for?

 

[DCDM]

Curious, what does DBU stand for?

Dan Brown University. Something we came up with in the Lounge facebook group chat, don't really remember why it happened aside from it having my name in it but it's stuck ever since lol.

 

[Lunatik]

Dan Brown University. Something we came up with in the Lounge facebook group chat, don't really remember why it happened aside from it having my name in it but it's stuck ever since lol.

Regardless, it's a much better name than Duck Sauce

 

[tfong]

I think Klimchuk would be picked slightly higher but not much. He is projecting to be exactly what he was drafted for.

 

[DCDM]

Regardless, it's a much better name than Duck Sauce

Rofl I know

 

[Johnny Hoxville]

Rofl I know

I assumed it was something like that, similar to my old username, MVW.

 

[Yung Rotini]

He started out hot, then his production fell off a cliff despite given lots of starts in the Offensive sone against weak opposition. Potential wise, the three centers of this year simply have more talent.

Also, Flames fans, are you still happy with Poirier over Shinkaruk?

8th in the Q in scoring. Played solid for Abby this year. Yeah, i'm pretty happy. He can stay healthy unlike Shinkaruk. Rather have a player who could actually play.

 

[tfong]

8th in the Q in scoring. Played solid for Abby this year. Yeah, i'm pretty happy. He can stay healthy unlike Shinkaruk. Rather have a player who could actually play.

Plus he has a good physical element to his game.

 

[Volica]

Monahan would be top 5. Honestly the top three centers this year are similar to him in regards to high IQ, decent skill set and leadership.

Klimchuk would probably be a top 20 pick.

Poirier would go 26th. I could call that.

 

[CraigsList]

I think Monny would be top 3 with Reinhart and Ekblad.

I think both Klimchuk and Poirier are of the same value 15-20.

 

[InfinityIggy]

Regardless, it's a much better name than Duck Sauce

I beg to differ.

 

[Remember2004]

I'll second that.

WHy is that? I thought Shinkaruk would have been the better choice.

 

[King In The North]

WHy is that? I thought Shinkaruk would have been the better choice.

Based on what? The two prospects had two very different development paths this year.

 

[BacklundtoBartschi*]

Monahan would be top 5. Honestly the top three centers this year are similar to him in regards to high IQ, decent skill set and leadership.

Klimchuk would probably be a top 20 pick.

Poirier would go 26th. I could call that.

So Poirier falls, while getting drafted higher in a deeper draft, and increasing his draft stock?

 

[InfinityIggy]

So Poirier falls, while getting drafted higher in a deeper draft, and increasing his draft stock?

He's just implying Montreal would take him for sure.

 

[Volica]

He's just implying Montreal would take him for sure.

I'm also using last years stats and rankings. Clearly this year both would go higher if they were a year younger. If we remember; Poirier wasn't even ranked in the top 40 in most ranks.

 

[InfinityIggy]

I'm also using last years stats and rankings. Clearly this year both would go higher if they were a year younger. If we remember; Poirier wasn't even ranked in the top 40 in most ranks.

TSN had him 44 I believe.

 

[CraigsList]

It was either 44 or 46... Regardless, he was definitely a steal.

 

[tfong]

In hindsight it was a good pick given this past year.