swell he is doing like one step up from that. You hear other teams have player development people working with their prospects while they are still in junior or presumably college or overseas. Who do we have Dorion and Lee... Dorion doesn't have the cycles and Lee well he's there I guess. Who do you want coaching up your D prospects ex NHLers like Rob Ramage or Randy Lee.
It'd be kinda nice to bring Luke Richardson back. Would love to draft guys like Boqvist or Hughes and have the experience of 1000+ NHL games as a shutdown guy to coach those guys up.
Crouse would have been great at 5.
That's like 25% of Tkachuk's production this year in one game.
That's like 25% of Tkachuk's production this year in one game.
You'd probably do fine in the first round using this technique, its the later rounds where the scouts make their money. Its not too difficult for any scouting agency or even a fan to make a top 30 list and do well. Its once you get 80+ deep. Taking overage guys like Hoffman and Batherson or guys who don't get a lot of ice time like Karlsson, Stone or Formenton is harder and a job for a sharper eye.
Oh man, Chabot-Dobson could be incredible. That could be like a Keith-Seabrook paring with Dobson being even better than Seabrook. They'd probably be team Canada's 2nd pair for years if they had good chemistry.
Oh, all good. Still don't understand what the Hlinka has to do with anything.
I think Kotkaniemi could be the steal of the draft!! Would consider him at #4
Otherwise one of Hughes/Tkachuk/Dobson
Any chanche Veleno falls to #22?
? Does this mean you would not consider him at 4? I like all 4 of those players.
Pretty sure he's being sarcastic. Luke Richardson was a 7OA pick in 86... I wonder where he'd go in this draft. And coaching is different than playing. You have to play within your limitations ,, coaching sometimes the guys that really have to work at their game to be successful make better coaches. You could have an excellent ability to read the play, but not have the physical capability to execute. At this point I would take either one of these guys coaching up any prospects before they graduate vs someone like Lee.
Oh ok,but I honestly think Philly could be a good add,just to work on technic and just give the kids a few pointers...Philly was a great defender in the D zone,especially along the boards....
