We don’t have a second and I doubt we have the pieces to pick up another first (or another second honestly).
That’s not true. Leonard, Ozzy, Melnichuk would all comfortably crack pretty much all teams top 10 prospects as well as Merkley and Bordeleau. You also got Chekhovich, Dahlen, Robins, Chmelevski, Kniazev, and Blichfield that crack some depending on their play this year.
Based on pedigree, I can see the argument for Ozzy. I would be more on the fence for Leonard. If we're speaking objectively, he got some hype last year but he's a 22 year old that was an overage 6th round draft pick. That's really not much to go on. How is he that different from any other college senior that had a good year? And Melnichuk is a goalie so that's voodoo to begin with.
I mean if you look at a team like PIT, they got like 2 prospects that would crack our top 10 but yes I agree the issue is outside of Merkley we have no one that has potential as a top liner. Granted some may get there but it would be a surprise.
They probably want him to get significant time in the A.
Let him work on his game. He still has defensive warts and there is no need to rush him.
They have a weak NHL roster but Burns and Karlsson aren't getting benched and bringing in Merkley would mean we only have 2 (now that simek is out 1) Dmen that should even be on the PK.
All the guys in the top 10 look solid for different reasons but Power could be a defenseman that could be a legit №1 eventuality. Could have the highest ceiling in the draft out of any player in this draft. Maybe not a superstar player right away but could end up like a Burns-like player, with better d, lesser o. Maybe more analogous to an Alex Pietrangelo.
Yea, for me it's Power -> Beniers -> Johnson from a cursory glance. Power seems to have a ton of 1D potential, Beniers fits the player profile that DW Jr has been pushing for and I'm all for that, and Johnson seems like a really shift F2 type. If you're picking in the top 5, I think you could be happy with any of those guys.
It feels so weird at this point in the season being optimistic about picking in the lottery. Last mock draft I looked at today had us slotted from picks 4-7 range right now.
How will that work for Seattle? Totally screws them doesn't it? They would have drafted this year correct? What position do they get in the drafter or how were they to be weighted in the lottery?
Power looks much more like Tyler Myers than Victor Hedman to me.
Yes. They would have drafted this year. It would have been a top-6 pick at worst. Their lottery percentage is similar to the 3rd worst team in the league.
