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Guess the Kings top three picks.

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damacles1156 said:
As long as it's BPA available, I am happy :)

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This is such an easy thing to say, but such a hard thing to do. You're extrapolating player development from a limited set of data and applying each team's preferences and values to rank the players. Maybe one team has a philosophy of building from the back out. Maybe another team has a huge stock of defensemen or goalies. How do you even compare the value of a goalie vs. a defenseman vs. a center vs. a winger? What's the value of size, speed, agility, all that stuff? Now what does "best player available mean"?

Maybe the better way to approach it is: Don't draft based on your team's needs. That way you don't end up with a Colton Teubert in the first round. Those kinds of picks should come later in the draft, say 3rd round or later.
 
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I'm going to go with the Killer Bee's...

Bowen Byram (LD) - Don't think the Kings have ever had a LD of his caliber. Closest I can think of is Darryl Sydor. I wouldn't pair him with Doughty.
Bobby Brink (RW) - Jimmy Fox 2.0 (on the ice that is). Will need two more years in the CHL.
Kaedan Korczak (RD) - Might want to see if the team can trade down to the 45-50 range (for an extra pick this year or next) and still be able to pick this guy up. Might be Cernak 2.0. Need a crease clearer.
 
Am I crazy for not wanting any safe picks? I want boom or bust top line guys. We have so many second-line, bottom six, and second- or third-pairing guys. Give me the first liners.
 
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If we get really lucky and guys start falling, would be awesome to see

#5 Byram
#22 Tomasino
#33 Knight (or some good winger)
 
henkkj said:
If we get really lucky and guys start falling, would be awesome to see

#5 Byram
#22 Tomasino
#33 Knight (or some good winger)
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I see Knight going to a goalie starved team like Florida 13th. Edmonton at 8,Colorado at 16 and Ottawa at 19 are strong possibilities too!
 
Sneaky team for Knight could be Minnesota at 12. Not much goalie depth in their system, Dubnyk's deal is up in two years. Couldn't be any more off the board than their 1st rounder last year.
 
Brodeur said:
5. Zegras -- I keep flip flopping between Cozens and Zegras (assuming Byram/Turcotte are off the board).
22. Seider -- I could see a scenario where the Kings make a small trade up to #18 to leapfrog Ottawa at #19.
33. Hoglander -- Obviously tough to guess who might be available and/or unexpectedly slip.
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Revised guess based on additional rankings/rumors:

5. C Kirby Dach
18. (trade up) RW Arthur Kaliyev
33. RD Lassi Thomson

Pairing a top notch passer with a top notch finisher seems like a plausible idea.
 
Brodeur said:
Sneaky team for Knight could be Minnesota at 12. Not much goalie depth in their system, Dubnyk's deal is up in two years. Couldn't be any more off the board than their 1st rounder last year.
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I have a feeling that could be the case too. I doubt it is off the board at all really, I have a feeling Florida is taking him at 13 if he falls to them.
 
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