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indigobuffalo · 12-31-2012, 01:30 PM

The only person who has any right to comment in this thread is Duke Silver because he had the good sense to re-post his comment following the draft.

That being said, not one player being mentioned here is getting actual NHL time, and Percy had a severe knee injury last season that delayed his development. Without that knee injury, he might be on the WJC roster and people would be going ga-ga over him and Rielly.

Biggs is a power-forward build. He will take until at least 2014-15 to grow into his body and even then may take another year or so to learn to use it properly before joining the NHL roster.

Everyone needs to take a step back and wait before making definitive decisions on the quality of the draft picks.

12-31-2012, 01:30 PM	#23
indigobuffalo Portage and Main Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Winnipeg MB Country: Posts: 1,798 vCash: 500	The only person who has any right to comment in this thread is Duke Silver because he had the good sense to re-post his comment following the draft. That being said, not one player being mentioned here is getting actual NHL time, and Percy had a severe knee injury last season that delayed his development. Without that knee injury, he might be on the WJC roster and people would be going ga-ga over him and Rielly. Biggs is a power-forward build. He will take until at least 2014-15 to grow into his body and even then may take another year or so to learn to use it properly before joining the NHL roster. Everyone needs to take a step back and wait before making definitive decisions on the quality of the draft picks.