2017 Draft discussion- Sabres pick 8th. Part 2

[fiend540]

I mean Jesus Christ the post you are shaking your head at INCLUDES AN ALTERNATE WAY TO ADDRESS OUR DEFENSE

What nhl defender is available for the 8th pick?

 

[Chainshot]

Can you imagine taking all the things you hated about Housley during his tenure here, and coaching that (straight from the source) to the Liljegren that scouts picked apart 2016/2017?

Philjegren would be awesome

I like the offensive game Phil brought, I hated that he was a coward on the ice in an era when that just couldn't happen with your best players.

Liljegren is fine with me. I'm really not all that down on any of the guys in that 3-15 range. *shrug* I have preferences.

 

[truthbluth]

So players that are already in the development process are question marks, but the guy who hasn't even been drafted isn't?

Question marks as to whether or not they'll be under team control in 4 years. Is that...hard to understand?

 

[Jim Bob]

What nhl defender is available for the 8th pick?

There are two huge variables when talking about trading the 8th pick for an NHL D.

Variable X: What D could you get for 8OV?

Variable Y: Who is on the board at 8OV?

Personally, I doubt that Variable X would be a D that has people excited.

 

[Ace]

What nhl defender is available for the 8th pick?

Don't are going to move this month with teams jockeying for the expansion protection. The 8th pick gives us an asset to get ahead of all the other teams trying to land them.

 

[hizzoner]

Yeah right-trade for an nhl D. So easy to get somebody who will play top 4 minutes at reasonable cost for next few years. Just as it is easy to get rich in stock market...buy low and sell high. Any more astute suggestions?

 

[SatanwasaSlovak]

I agree that he's a safe pick and will be a good player, but with Larsson already on the roster and Asplund waiting in the wings, I worry that Andersson won't have a spot to land for a good long time. Seems as though there are far bigger holes in our lineup that need filling.

He is already a better player than Asplund.

 

[AustonsNostrils]

McKeen’s 2017 NHL Draft Rankings – Top 31 – May 31st, 2017
By McKeen's Hockey On May 31, 2017 ·



1 Nolan Patrick
2 Nico Hischier
3 Miro Heiskanen
4 Gabriel Vilardi
5 Casey Mittelstadt
6 Owen Tippett
7 Cale Makar
8 Cody Glass
9 Kristian Vesalainen
10 Michael Rasmussen
11 Elias Pettersson
12 Martin Necas
13 Urho Vaakanainen
14 Juuso Valimaki
15 Robert Thomas
16 Nick Suzuki
17 Lias Andersson
18 Isaac Ratcliffe
19 Erik Brannstrom
20 Timothy Liljegren
21 Klim Kostin
22 Eeli Tolvanen
23 Conor Timmins
24 Kailer Yamamoto
25 Jason Robertson
26 Ryan Poehling
27 Nicolas Hague
28 Josh Norris
29 Shane Bowers
30 Cal Foote
31 Henri Jokiharju

https://www.mckeenshockey.com/nhl-blog/mckeens-2017-nhl-draft-rankings-top-31-31st-2017/

 

[displacedsabre]

well that list is a swift kick in the nuts for defense at 8 if Makar goes to Yotes

 

[AustonsNostrils]

Anybody past the top 4 in McKeen's list could be available at 8th. People are saying Makar likely to go to Arizona but looking at their roster depth they need centers, Strome won't be a bust but he's also not looking like a kid who can walk into the league and be a top 6 center quickly.

 

[Ace]

Liljegren has fallen to 20 and 22 in Future Considerations and McKeens rankings respectively as everyone catches up in their final rankings. Hockey IQ.

#Tradethepick

 

[Ace]

Yeah right-trade for an nhl D. So easy to get somebody who will play top 4 minutes at reasonable cost for next few years. Just as it is easy to get rich in stock market...buy low and sell high. Any more astute suggestions?

D are going to move. Whether they move here or not can be influenced by what assets we move.

Moving 8 in a draft with 2 d worthy of the pick that won't be there is hardly a crazy suggestion.

Again...you're going to see exactly the kind of D you are talking about move somewhere. It can be here. I advocate Just like Baker would do...trade the pick to get one.

 

[DJN21]

https://www.mckeenshockey.com/nhl-blog/mckeens-2017-nhl-draft-rankings-top-31-31st-2017/

Take timmy, trade up to take foote ad well if he's really falling into borderline 2nd round...reload the defense prospects and I walk away happy

 

[sabrebuild]

I like the offensive game Phil brought, I hated that he was a coward on the ice in an era when that just couldn't happen with your best players.

Was he that bad? I hardly saw him live and think of him by reputation, all offense, meh defensively. Didn't know he was so timid.

 

[CatsforReinhart]

Trade back to 12-14 and maybe get a defenceman out of it. Kane + 8OA for Faulk + 12th

 

[dkollidas]

Trade back to 12-14 and maybe get a defenceman out of it. Kane + 8OA for Faulk + 12th

It'd be closer to Kane + 8th overall for Haydn Fleury + 12th overall.

Not Faulk

 

[Paxon]

Trade back to 12-14 and maybe get a defenceman out of it. Kane + 8OA for Faulk + 12th

That is quite far from being enough for the Canes

 

[Samsonite23]

Trade back to 12-14 and maybe get a defenceman out of it. Kane + 8OA for Faulk + 12th

Take the 12OA out and the Canes still laugh.

 

[Husko]

Valimaki on the rise, as some of us expected. I still love him at 8

 

[Chainshot]

McKeens has taken a page from Redline with their unique takes om draftees. It is much closer to how teams actually assemble their lists.

 

[Der Jaeger]

Take timmy, trade up to take foote ad well if he's really falling into borderline 2nd round...reload the defense prospects and I walk away happy

Same thought, just Valimaki at 8 then trade Kane for a mid-to-late first and take Brannstrom.

 

[Jim Bob]

Was he that bad? I hardly saw him live and think of him by reputation, all offense, meh defensively. Didn't know he was so timid.

There is a reason that his nickname was Flamingo.

 

[Jame]

Rasmussen @ 10

 

[Doug Prishpreed]

Same thought, just Valimaki at 8 then trade Kane for a mid-to-late first and take Brannstrom.

This would be a good return for Kane, this is what I've been hoping for. Our defensive pipeline issues immediately disappear.

 

[Team Cozens]

Same thought, just Valimaki at 8 then trade Kane for a mid-to-late first and take Brannstrom.

I'm expecting Vegas to end up with multiple first round picks.

Kane to Vegas for a pick between #20 - #31