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Who do you want at #5?

  • Tij Iginla

    Votes: 209 49.5%

  • Cole Eiserman

    Votes: 14 3.3%

  • Berkly Catton

    Votes: 92 21.8%

  • Konsta Helenius

    Votes: 13 3.1%

  • Beckett Sennecke

    Votes: 75 17.8%

  • Zayne Parekh

    Votes: 19 4.5%
  • Total voters
    422
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le_sean said:
Funny that his only highlights are hits. At that point you should just trade up from 26 to get Stian Solberg.
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Hitting men paid 6 figures > deking teenagers with fancy moves pros can shut down easily

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Gaylord Q Tinkledink said:
You want to see what the player is doing behind the play, or away from the puck. How the player reacts after a goal for, or against if he's on the bench.

You want to see how is vision is. There's a fair amount of time that the open player is a player offscreen.

You don't need as many in house viewings, but it's still relevant.
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It's not. You don't see none of that, you only have one focal point in a live viewing, you're not superhuman. Multiple angles, replays, slo-mos, etc >>>> any old boy tales.
 
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Mrb1p said:
It's not. You don't see none of that, you only have one focal point in a live viewing, you're not superhuman. Multiple angles, replays, slo-mos, etc >>>> any old boy tales.
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You go there, usually with the intention of watching 1, or 2 players mainly and then the others. You notice the others when something they do is unexpected, but for the most part you're watching very few.

You can do a lot with video now, less travel and more of when you have the time.

I mean, people here pretty much already do that. Take a list watch highlights and then make their own list.

It's why what montreal does is so valuable to most, if not all of us as he does the grunt work to give us what we want to see and he does it well.

You don't get to see the little nuances. It's also important to talk to a player after a big win/loss to see how their mindset is, especially as a younger player, they might be more open with their thoughts than generic responses.
 
GrandmaCookie said:
It is actually a highly probable scenario lmao.

Celebrini to SJS, Demiglove to CHI, Levshunov to ANA, Lindstrom to CLB
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Chicago holds the key. If they draft Levshunov, one of Demdov or Lindstrom should be there at 5 (Anaheim is 99.99% drafting a D). If neither ID nor CL is there at 5, I would take Iginla without much hesitation. I love Buium bet relying on trading one of our D for a top 6 F is just a "fool's gold" IMO.
 
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The Last Red said:
Chicago holds the key. If they draft Levshunov, one of Demdov or Lindstrom should be there at 5 (Anaheim is 99.99% drafting a D). If neither ID nor CL is there at 5, I would take Iginla without much hesitation. I love Buium bet relying on trading one of our D for a top 6 F is just a "fool's gold" IMO.
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I’m a big fan of semi-glock at #5, than Lindstrom and Iginla. Like you, I wouldn’t go D in the hope of getting a top 6 young F via trade unless a deal is already in place.
 
Grant saying Montreal has interest in Letourneau and Letourneau has had a few meetings with the Habs throughout the year and at the combine. Sounds like 2 meetings total.

Also mentioned Dallas and Utah.

I'm hoping for him as he's a "local" kid to the area.

Just like Jack Quinn a few seasons ago.
 
Gaylord Q Tinkledink said:
Grant saying Montreal has interest in Letourneau and Letourneau has had a few meetings with the Habs throughout the year and at the combine. Sounds like 2 meetings total.

Also mentioned Dallas and Utah.

I'm hoping for him as he's a "local" kid to the area.

Just like Jack Quinn a few seasons ago.
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Miss me with those wasted ass picks. There's gonna be a seriously good prospect at 26, Letourneau isn't one of them.
 
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Gaylord Q Tinkledink said:
Grant saying Montreal has interest in Letourneau and Letourneau has had a few meetings with the Habs throughout the year and at the combine. Sounds like 2 meetings total.

Also mentioned Dallas and Utah.

I'm hoping for him as he's a "local" kid to the area.

Just like Jack Quinn a few seasons ago.
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I think IF we keep that late 1st (big if based on last couple drafts), it'll be him or Basha
 
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Mrb1p said:
It's not. You don't see none of that, you only have one focal point in a live viewing, you're not superhuman. Multiple angles, replays, slo-mos, etc >>>> any old boy tales.
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It is. At least I notice a lot of stuff live that I otherwise wouldn't. It's why I'm such a simp for Iginla. I feel very confident about how much further ahead his reactions are than his peers, because I saw it up close.
 
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SannywithoutCompy said:
I think IF we keep that late 1st (big if based on last couple drafts), it'll be him or Basha
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NotProkofievian said:
It is. At least I notice a lot of stuff live that I otherwise wouldn't. It's why I'm such a simp for Iginla. I feel very confident about how much further ahead his reactions are than his peers, because I saw it up close.
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Iginla's reaction time is incredible but he can react with some pretty bad split second decisions. I think it's the kind of thing that can be improved to a degree though.

Demidov on the other hand has similar reaction time but somehow always seems to do the right thing or make a play I didn't even see in those split seconds.
 
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