Interesting (sorry). Who might that push down to us?
He's #7 in my personal rankings. Gotta hope all the talk about a run on dmen is a real thing. If it's true, then one Catton, Iginla, MBN, or Sennecke should be there and I shall abide.
Just personal preference. Adding an all-arounder LHD to our pool doesn't move the needle for me. He's obviously rated as such by people who do this for a living, I'd just prefer someone take him before us.
Hage at 11 would be viewed as a reach. But, like so many guys that are deemed reaches on draft night, if they develop, nobody will care where they were picked.
Right. If Hage hits the ground running at Michigan (no sure thing), he's going to look like a steal rather quickly if he's picked outside the top 20.
The craziest part is those two groups of people are actually mostly one group of people holding two contradictory opinionsI love how 1/2 of people think Pegula is an absentee owner and the other half think Pegula is making all the decisions.
What difference does it make what reason he is removed? He would be removed. So I'm not exactly sure what you're even trying to say except agreeing with what I said that Adams is on the hot seat.
Well, I'm not position-obsessed, and I really like Dickinson, as well as 3-4 other defensemen in this draft. I also have no problem with the forward selection.
Top pairing D generally trumps a 1W
But if you're not going to spend and try to compete you're looking at Hagens, Misa etc but no one near Levshunov
Is Levnshunov a top pairing D though? Honestly, his consistently high rankings from multiple sources is one of the most puzzling draft evaluations I can remember in my 40 years of following the draft. I don't see the defensive acumen to be a shutdown dman and I don't see the on ice vision to be a PP1 guy who can dismantle opposing PKs. So what is he? What's his role? I see a 3/4 guy on a good team.
You're banking on growth. The kid has had the atypical development arc, but was an integral part of MSU's defense playing big minutes.
Right. If Hage hits the ground running at Michigan (no sure thing), he's going to look like a steal rather quickly if he's picked outside the top 20.
I miss the days of having multiple firsts
I think that's pretty fair. And a strong 3 is nothing to sneeze at, but in the 2-5 range? That would be too much of a leap for me, especially when Demidov is waiting there ready to decimate defenses.
he attributed the trade part to "several league sources". So obviously KA has put the word out there.
let alone getting by Calgary
The 10th and 11th picks are out there in trade talks. The question is will there be any deals that work out for both sides and we see the picks move.
