GDT: Official Carolina Hurricanes 2013 Draft Bonanza. ft: Ryan Hartman and the Whalers

[Moosetache]

I wish we had taken Nurse at this point....

Am I missing something, or was Lindholm the only one who wasnt interviewed after being picked??

 

[My Special Purpose]

No. Just a couple people who feel every move JR does is bad.

I'm basing it on the fact that a) the team before us got SETH JONES, and b) every move JR has made in the past five years actually *has* been pretty bad.

Wow. The rose-colored glasses are out en masse today.

 

[Gr8Dan]

he wasnt

 

[What the Faulk]

Am I missing something, or was Lindholm the only one who wasnt interviewed after being picked??

I was thinking the same thing. I don't think he was. I want to hear some comments from JR

 

[Mike Ross]

Lindholm is a good player, and may very well become a solid player in the NHL, but I feel alot of Swedes overrate him and hype him too much.

 

[Sasha Cares]

Oh well. Moving on to our next reach.

 

[Brock Anton]

I'm basing it on the fact that a) the team before us got SETH JONES, and b) every move JR has made in the past five years actually *has* been pretty bad.

Wow. The rose-colored glasses are out en masse today.

Tampa wasn't moving their pick. Nashville wasn't moving their pick. Stop harping on Jones.

 

[DaveG]

What? Are you guys really think Lindholm was a bad selection? wow

Always seems to happen. People pick their favorites and stick with them. Even I do. But that said people need to see the big picture. This wasn't a reach, this was something the team needed, this is a flat out GOOD pick.

 

[tomdundo]

I'm basing it on the fact that a) the team before us got SETH JONES, and b) every move JR has made in the past five years actually *has* been pretty bad.

Wow. The rose-colored glasses are out en masse today.

Trading for Tlusty was "pretty bad"?

Drafting Justin Faulk in the 2nd round was "pretty bad"?

Signing a winger for Staal finally was "pretty bad"?

 

[Unsustainable]

Say Beers pick Risto

 

[What the Faulk]

Nichushkin keeps falling. I wonder if those poor interviews at the combine really did matter.

 

[Gr8Dan]

Nichuskin keeps slidddding....

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

I'm basing it on the fact that a) the team before us got SETH JONES

What does that have to do with OUR pick? Usually the quality of players goes down the longer the draft goes. In my experience, anyway.

 

[Brock Anton]

Devils will take Nichushkin.

 

[Unsustainable]

Nichushkin keeps dropping

 

[Blown Away]

All the haters need to tell us who would have been a better pick. And don't say anything abiut a trade. There hasn't been one yet and no one in the top four was going to trade anyway.

 

[HisIceness]

Nich still falling.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Where does Lindholm fit for us long-term? 3C?

 

[bleedgreen]

We weren't the only team to back off nichushkin. For jr to take a Russian with this pick, all questions had to be answered and then some. That's not the case here whether that's fair or not. Even if they had been answered it would've been a surprise.

 

[My Special Purpose]

Ok, say you're JR.

What would you have done? Tampa wanted Drouin, so they weren't trading their pick. Nashville had Jones #1 all year, so they weren't trading.

So, your move. Who would you have drafted?

You're saying that there was nothing JR could do. The top four were set in stone and he had no other choice. His hands were tied. He did the best he could with the cards he was dealt.

Which is exactly the same thing we've been saying for four years now. JR couldn't trade Ruutu or Whitney at the deadline. He had to sign Pitkanen and Gleason to long-term deals. Etc., etc.

JR never has a choice. He's always backed into a corner with his hands tied. No options. Right?

 

[TheBigKahuna]

WTF are you talking about? We took the consensus best player available at #5.

NO, they did not.

 

[Brock Anton]

Where does Lindholm fit for us long-term? 3C?

He can also slide in at RW apparently.

 

[DaveG]

Where does Lindholm fit for us long-term? 3C?

#2C, Jordan slots better as a wing long term to me.

 

[Mike Ross]

Where does Lindholm fit for us long-term? 3C?

Sounds about right, I can't see him leading a top 6 line, atleast not in a veeery long time.

 

[What the Faulk]

Michael Smith ‏@MSmithCanes
When asked about the NHL next season, Lindholm smiled and said, "We'll see."

I thought he *couldn't*