Do you mean the EliteProspects guy? It's an interesting theory. I've thought MTL would be the floor given that they have another mid-first via FLA. Or DET. But we'll see. The Caps would need to move up most likely and that may be a smart play. At 8/9 the cost to move up from 11 may not be prohibitive.Saw some rumblings from a few guys in the know on Twitter that they’re hearing Michkov could go around 9th or later, reason being a few ownership and management teams are still relunctant to draft Russians in the current geopolitical environment and more pressingly, concern about his contract status with the KHL. 2025-26 is a long way to wait for some of those teams who need help sooner rather than later and some of them think they won’t be employed by the time he comes over if they can’t turn things around.
They're going to win just enough to pick 13th or 14th. I suspect the pick will be traded anyway for a roster piece unless they can jump into the top three or four, and maybe even then they trade it because the value of that pick becomes pretty high.Tankwise 1 point vs CBJ was good as 2 points where very close. Ottawa loosing a close one vs Boston. They are looking pretty good and will most likely finish ahead of Caps. The question are Buffalo and Detroit who have looked bad lately. Chicago next and after that the schedule looks hard. 4 games vs Pens, Panthers and Isles who will play hard for the Wild Card spots. Then you have Boston, Jersey, NYR and Tampa. Only team under Caps in the standings after Chicago are Montreal.
Blues have: Detroit, Chicago, Vancouver, Anaheim and Flyers
Sens have: Flyers, CBJ and Buffalo
Detroit have: Blues, Flyers, Montreal and Buffalo
Buffalo have: Detroit, Sens, Montreal, Flyers and CBJ
Vancouver have: Sharks, Chicago*2, Blues, Anaheim and Arizona
All have a lot of the weaker teams left compared to Caps.
They're going to win just enough to pick 13th or 14th. I suspect the pick will be traded anyway for a roster piece unless they can jump into the top three or four, and maybe even then they trade it because the value of that pick becomes pretty high.
If they moved from 13 to 3 or 14 to 4 it’s certainly an interesting conversation. Do you shop the pick for a haul that helps the team now or do you keep the pick and look to try and bridge the gap between this current core and the next core? A group of Miro, Carlsson/Fantilli/Michkov, McMike, Lapierre, Suzdalev, Iorio, Chesley, Protas, Fehervary, and maybe Alexeyev and Snively is a decent crop of young guys. You’ve got potentially, a high end 1C in Fantilli or Carlsson, a high end winger in Miro, solid middle six centers in McMike and Lapierre, decent defensive depth on both sides. Outside of this year’s pick and Miro (and maybe Suzdalev) you don’t have a lot of high end talent but they could be worse off.Would be a massive return if they traded a top 4 pick. Bedard, Fantilli, Carlsson and Michkov are all looking like players that could go 1st in a lot of draft years.
So yer saying there’s a chanceTankwise 1 point vs CBJ was good as 2 points where very close. Ottawa loosing a close one vs Boston. They are looking pretty good and will most likely finish ahead of Caps. The question are Buffalo and Detroit who have looked bad lately. Chicago next and after that the schedule looks hard. 4 games vs Pens, Panthers and Isles who will play hard for the Wild Card spots. Then you have Boston, Jersey, NYR and Tampa. Only team under Caps in the standings after Chicago are Montreal.
Blues have: Detroit, Chicago, Vancouver, Anaheim and Flyers
Sens have: Flyers, CBJ and Buffalo
Detroit have: Blues, Flyers, Montreal and Buffalo
Buffalo have: Detroit, Sens, Montreal, Flyers and CBJ
Vancouver have: Sharks, Chicago*2, Blues, Anaheim and Arizona
All have a lot of the weaker teams left compared to Caps.
I’ve got the Caps jumping up to #1 or #2 in a disproportionate amount of these sims from the 10-11 spot.We are right there with Buffalo and Ottawa. Kinda bummed if we drop out of the Bedard lotto and pick 13th or whatever. All those tankathon simulations for nothin!
Not from behind it wouldn’t!
That OT winner was such a filthy wrister.Fantilli scores to send them to OT against Penn St. (ESPN2)
Craig's List: Adam Fantilli, Leo Carlsson jostle for 2nd behind Connor Bedard in NHL Draft ranking | TSN
Craig Button's list is an interesting one. Once again.
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Reinbacher way too low. And he’s really sticking his neck out for Sale. I guess that’s how it goes, guys like Button have to go against consensus on a few players in order to maintain the illusion of relevance.Craig's List: Adam Fantilli, Leo Carlsson jostle for 2nd behind Connor Bedard in NHL Draft ranking | TSN
Craig Button's list is an interesting one. Once again.
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