With our recent draft luck- if we took him he’s probably Logan Brown. If another team gets him he’s Lindrosi hope someone takes him (McQueen) before we get a chance. so, it takes off all the pressure to pick him.
I would be genuinely shocked if Pens took him. He's not a player I would ever expect Dubas or Clark to value.i hope someone takes him (McQueen) before we get a chance. so, it takes off all the pressure to pick him.
Yeah like maybe he could but outside of ability - I don’t think it’s where you’re maximizing his skillset. You want him freed up to forecheck and play down low in the ozone.
I'm not a fan of Martin myself. I am skeptical on any extremely physical player with average physical tools. Aitcheson being the other. But if they are presumably drafting #9/11, who do you want them to take?
I go back and forth. I was worried about his heaviness on his feet and skating but man it looks completely fine if not good at the U18. Has really warmed me up.
Wow, Malcolm Spence climbing those ranks late in the year is surprising. Especially over Mrtka and JOB.
Even better would be watching them become the next Tage Thompson and Zdeno Chara and then watching the naysayers bite their cheeks every game.
I think the move there would be with Seattle. They are likely to get 6/7 or possibly 8. I think their system needs a dman most of all so you may be able to entice them with moving back to take Mrtka or Smith while gaining an extra pick. Problem I might see there is the late Washington 2nd may not appeal much to them and I don't see many trades where the additional pick goes to the next year. Not having our own 2nd this year really hurts if that's the goal.
Mrkta is a dman. 6'6. He'd be Chara. McQueen, a 6'6 forward would be Thompson is my purely sarcastic scenario.
Oh, gotcha. Sorry the lack of sleep is catching up with me, I completely skipped over Mrtka.
Yeah, I feel like they will try and move the #11 to make an upgrade and then go all in for next year. Would be pretty cool if Sullivan immediately asks Drury to acquire Rust or Rakell and the Pens get the Rags picks in 25 and 26
Who's the NHL comparable to Martin? Bennett? He was a complete bust for CGY and took years to develop into more than a depth player. And I don't even view him as a power forward now either. I don't understand the hype for Martin from the U-18s except it must be for his physicality. Cam Robinson just said this morning how it is the first U-18s where nobody in the current draft class looks like a top 10 pick. Stenberg has been the most dominant forward and Cootes has been better than Martin so not sure why Martin is getting so much attention.
Hadn't thought about that, but that does seem like a relatively feasible outcome.
We all know Sullivan is borderline obsessed with some of his guys (Rust) so id imagine the next couple of years a couple of Pens find their way to the Rags
