Moore's probably the best skater in the draft with an unreal work ethic according to former coaches. Future Gopher as well so he'll be playing with Cooley this fall/winter. I'd be fine with taking him at #12. He seems like a very safe pick to me.
I agree 100% missed opportunity .. Always BPA and trade him for a D if you have to down the road .. BA has said many times BPA .. so I would be extremely disappointed if him we grabbed him at 6 .. I know I am broken record but man oh man .... We have played that game way too often in the past ... With the scouting team BA put together I have confidence they will make the right move .
I'm not expecting Reinbacher to be our pick here. Not with our scouts. If we do, then Reinbacher is a very, very special player.
Benson will be long gone by #12. IMO he is a top 5 prospect in this draft. I can almost bet BA and co have Benson rated higher than Leonard. IMO Leonard is a bit overhyped.
I think Benson will be taken by us at #6 if he is still there. The scouts have seen a lot of him because of him playing on Winnipeg with Geekie. #12 is a crap shoot though, and I have no idea who the Yotes select there.
If you forced me to put money one guy, it’d be Reinbacher being our pick. Only because I think Montreal is taking Leonard and San Jose is taking Smith. Philly is then getting Michkov.
Recrutes thinks habs r deep on d prospects and are going after a forward. Leonard fits the description if that is the case as he also says they aren’t targeting Mitchkov
I am not convinced BA has Benson higher than Leonard… if everyone picks BPA..I believe Leonard is available at 6
Benson has the best hockey sense in this draft minus Bedard imo. He thinks the game 3-4 steps ahead of everybody else. Matt Tkachuk said it best, most guys in the NHL can skate at the same level, even shoot at the same level for the most part. The difference between an elite player and a good player is hockey sense.
sorry, had to edit...clearly poorly written (what I wrote initially wrote was hard to follow)
I never said he had the best hockey sense in the draft. @rt nailed it above with his Joe Sakic comparison. Passing on Benson will be a massive mistake. He not only has great hockey sense, but he is an unbelievable worker. This is the type of player that BA loves, and seeing that BA took Cooley last year, who isn't that big, I can't see BA and scouts passing up on him.
It’s not in my head. If you paid attention you’d know too.
Benson didn’t generally play with Geekie. Not usually at 5v5 and not usually on PP or PK. Neither this season nor last, typically.
Why because Leonard went out for supper with Bill Armstrong? I get that people have said Benson will drop on draft day, but I really can't see it happening. I am glad you see how good Benson is, I think he is better than Will Smith as well. Smith is lazy in his own end. Also, I can't see Benson falling past philly. I think Danny Briere takes him if he is still there.
Did you watch Benson that closely? They didn't play together all the time, but there was def spurts this year where they were playing on the same line. The coach seemed to always switch up the lines.
I truly think other than Bedard he has the best hockey sense in this draft. The amount of chances this kid generates is unbelievable. His advanced stat metrics are off the charts. He also had the 2nd best +/- in the WHL. I know he played on a top team, but still, he is great on both ends of the ice.
I like him a lot...problem that i have is that we already have smaller players or players that play small in Keller, Schmaltz, Maccelli all that are top 6 players and if we add Benson, then 4 of the top 6 players play small or are small.
