There’s a ton of speculation around that 4th pick getting moved. People thought Philly, and I’m not sure which direction they would’ve went in, but now Carolina is mentioned a lot and that just screams Demidov, at least to me. Having said that, it’s hard to see the Hurricanes doing that without making some reassurance on who will be there at 4th. Wouldn’t doubt if they either made a move for three as well or looped us into that trade to just guarantee we don’t take their guy.
heard all the same shit about Michkov last year and he's gonna be on Philly's starting roster come September and Michkov's concerns where supposedly WAYYYY bigger, longer contract, undersized, dead dad, etc. etc.
Nobody wants to lose their job because they made a risky pick in the top five. Your job isn't on the line if you're wrong about Demidov. When you can draft someone who is also elite but without the risk factors, you do it and you don't lose sleep over it.
I'd rather a GM that's willing to take those risks personally, and there's no way in a million years the guy is losing his job over picking the BPA because of some bullshit reason like making a risky pick in the top 5, EVERY pick this year is risky outside of Celebrini (and Demidov if you discount the bullshit "concerns")
Literally no front office guy would agree with you. Go listen to the most a recent podcast from The Athletic. They explicitly say that's the issue. You can whine about it, but the reality is they're making the pick and you're sitting behind a screen whining about it.
That is exactly what buium is though, just on defense.
Id argue its harder to find good top dmen
He's a future #1 two way defenseman who can play any situation and people are hung up over the guy who likely will fall outside the top 5 and isn't even in the KHL currently.
Eh lol prob a debate
According to Madden that type of thinking is not part of the equation.
If we pick Buium I'd only read into it that PV does not discriminate against 6' 0" players when defining BPA.
