Yakemchuk / Parekh / Silayev / Dickinson / Buium

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Right on the RHD - good point, but I don't buy the "a less intelligent Sanderson" description of Dickinson for a micro second.

• 6-foot-3 and 195 pounds
• one of the youngest players in his draft class
• mental maturity
• highly-effective defender, and stands out amongst his peers for his aggressiveness, defensive intelligence
• With the puck, he’s decisive and explosive, drawing in forechecking pressure only to leave it in his dust as he carries the puck from zone to zone unimpeded

He's a special player being put in a tremendous situation and I think a lot of people sleep on him. He easily stands out to me as the safest.

Give me “a less intelligent Sanderson” over or equal to any D in this draft

 

[Golden_Jet]

The question I have is what exactly did the Ottawa scouts see in Yakemchuk that allowed them to pass on everyone else? The all around safe skills of Dickinson, the deadly offence in Parekh and the complete game in Buium (and Silayev as well)? Was Yak the natural athlete?

Everyone said it was a reach and now, doesn't look that way - leading this poll lol

Of the 5 listed,
I had them ranked Yakemchuk then Buium.
Poll results look good to me.

 

[Xirik]

based on this poll it almost looks like a lot of people think four out of the five GM's picked wrong as the best defenseman was picked the last out of all of them.

 

[Golden_Jet]

based on this poll it almost looks like a lot of people think four out of the five GM's picked wrong as the best defenseman was picked the last out of all of them.

that’s definitely one opinion.

 

[Crow]

I'm also here for the recency bias

Which one has a recency bias?

 

[Yepthatsme]

Just like it was at the draft, think it’s an absolute toss up.

Want the highest upside? Pick Yakemchuk
Want the highest floor? Pick Dickinson
Highest offensive upside? Pick Parekh
Highest defensive upside? Pick Silayev
Best chance to reach their ceiling? Pick Buium

All have their routes to being the best defenseman from the draft, really just depends on what you need as an organization. Don’t think it’s a coincidence that it was such a toss up the order just went all the RD followed by all the LD.

 

[JD1]

There is zero chance anyone here has seen all of these players enough to have an informed opinion on this.

Hmmm. Informed opinions. This is HF.

 

[AKL]

Which one has a recency bias?

Well Buium was the most recent pick so