After the top 2 the guy I really like is Desnoyers but it's a valid point to say he's another Beniers and maybe we want something else. For this team specifically maybe Martone is the guy you want. Don't really have a big winger like that.
McQueen is more worrisome to me than Bear is. McQueen has a much higher ceiling but the injury concerns are high. Bear should be fine after his injury though to me he is more of a Robin than a Batman.
Yeah. That makes sense. The Hurricanes have definitely done a damn good job of grabbing defenders later in the draft. I kind of get the hesitancy because of how D-men take longer to develop but if the talent is there, and you see the high ceiling, then go for it. If we end up out of the top-5, which is looking likely, I don't see any issue in going for Smith or even Mrtka. They have a bit to go to be NHL ready but both could be top-pairing D-men.
I know talking to people I am much higher on bear than many but I really do see him ending up somewhere between Seth Jarvis and Brad Marchand. It won't be instant though.
Mrtka seems to be the kind of defensive dman prospct the team should want but like you said that isn't likely to happen. Maybe one day we'll get that prospect in our pool. All we really have at least at the current moment is 2nd pair and 3rd pair potentials just nothing that screams top pair but dmen do take a while to develop.
Mrtka isn't just a defensive d-man. I genuinely do not understand how this keeps getting parroted (not just you). Last year, absolutely, questions about his offensive ceiling. This year? Anyone who has watched him a significant amount should know that he's grown by leaps and bounds and absolutely does not look like a one trick defensive pony out there. He has confidence out the wazoo, isn't afraid to do things creatively in the offensive zone. Also he has the second highest ppg among U18 d-man who have a significant amount of games and is top of his draft class. The other two are f***ing DuPont and Lin.
I think that has more to do with what the hockey media thinks of him. I see more praise on his defensive side of things than offense side so yea he's definatelly being underrated.
Yeah, if we had just one fewer point we would be drafting fourth. But I still think we can get a "nice thing" at sixth pick. After the top four draft eligible prospects, there seem like there are about six or seven players who could go anywhere from five to ten. Hopefully RM will sort that out as the draft has been one of his strengths so far as a GM.
What are you guys talking about? I did multiple tankathon sims and we ended up picking 1st OA in 1 and 2nd OA in 2 of the 20 simulations. We are getting Misa or Schaefer.
