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Originally Posted by NYR Sting
Thornton is also not particularly fast, where as this kid is. Thornton is also a great passer and a pretty darn smart player. Nieves, at this point, has not shown much in terms of hockey sense.
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That's the one reason I'm pretty "meh" about this pick. Players can grow or fill out, but hockey sense generally can't be taught.
Then again, there wasn't a tremendous amount of players available when we picked. There was a lot of great picks in the second, but they were all pretty much gone by the time we went. I would have reached for Mac^2, but if Clark and Gorton thought he was the better pick, so be it.