Since we're likely going to be picking 10-15 because God hates us, I would like to see another defenseman get picked. I really like this building from the net out management is doing. It's too bad Juolevi failed but defense wins Championships and I like this emphasis on drafting a blueline.
I think contrary to the hype of this being a weaker draft class, I think there's quite a few defensemen I wouldn't mind taking a run at. Alex Vlasic, Marshall Warren, Korczak off the top of my head would be great here. I wouldn't even mind trading down to grab more picks to get a couple of these guys in the second and third round.
If we're in the 8-12 range, I'd almost rather trade down since there's guys in the 20-50 range I like as much if not more than what's going to be at 8-12.
Then there's a lot of tantalizing forwards like Turcotte, Newfield, Dorofeyev, Caufield, Beecher, Poulin.
My perfect draft is we come out of the first and second round with Turcotte and Vlasic while somehow grabbing more picks in the top 90, but we'll see what happens. I'm pretty hot on this draft class though. I think if Benning and the scouts are sharp, we could come out of this draft with two or three good top four quality defensemen.
It's too bad Elmer is in charge because this is one draft I would like to go heavy on. There's tons of guys who should be available in the middle rounds who have tantalizing potential.