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Post by Skilly on Jul 1, 2013 10:10:27 GMT -5
In the previous, best draft ever (2003), those players took 1-2 yrs to make NHL debuts, and perhaps 3 yrs to be mainstays. We are already projecting these guys to be third liners who MAY be ready for the NHL in 3-4yrs. This is how we are building contenders? This draft?
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Post by BadCompany on Jul 1, 2013 10:17:41 GMT -5
Five years! We don't need no stinkin' five years!
I like the McCarron pick. Really like it. I had him being drafted much higher, so I was happy we were able to get him at 25. I think he has underrated offensive skills, and he was a beast at the U18s. Beast being a word you will hear a lot when people talk about McCarron I think. He's not the next Lucic, so forget that, but hopefully he's going to be a very difficult person to play against. And that's good. Some thought he would still be available in the second round. Well, McCarron was drafted as a second round pick, and Fucale a first rounder. So it all evens out I suppose.
De la Rose... I suppose this could be the wildcard that wins or loses the draft for us. Has a lot of tools, just no production. I liken him to Andrei Kostitsyin in that regards, in that you can't figure out why he doesn't score more. But he seems to have much better character than Andrei, so we'll see. I like that all the scouting reports on him say "likes to hit". He's also going to be pretty big, and should play at around 6'2, 215lbs. If the offense follows your looking at the next Eric Cole. If not... well, a third line grinder who again, is difficult to play against.
Fucale, I wouldn't have drafted, but only because I'm not big on drafting goalies. But in terms for value this is an excellent pick. The top goalie with your third pick? Can't ask for better than that. He's not going to threaten Price anytime soon, but it was definitely a position of need, so again, to get the consensus best guy available is a good thing.
Crisp intrigues me. I wonder if this was a Bergevin pick, in much the same way Andrew Shaw was supposedly a Bergevin pick? I will be very interested in seeing how this one plays out. He's obviously much bigger than Shaw, and a different type of player, but still.
Lehkonen/Andrighetto/Reway... they all seem like pretty much the same player. Put them together and maybe you get McCarron. Still, if one of them turns out to be the next Gallagher, then I suppose job well done. My money is on Andrighetto, because they like to make it difficult for us to spell people's names. Can I be first in on the "The Ghetto" nickname? Sven might be the guy who is closer to Shaw, now that I think about it. We shall see.
A draft that saw us miss out on, or pass over a bunch of guys that I really wanted, including and most especially Justin Bailey. And not drafting a defenseman seems weird to me, on a lot of levels. I guess we'll have to see how it pans out. I suspect though that we might be seeing some of these guys a lot quicker than you normally would with a draft which may or may not be a good thing. In Trevor we trust!
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Post by Boston_Habs on Jul 1, 2013 10:33:41 GMT -5
Zykov is the guy I hope we didn't miss on. He slid down the 2nd so lots of teams must have had the same concerns, but we'd already drafted a project in McCarron and Zykov looked like a sensible, less risky pick at that point (40-goal scorer in his first year in the Q). They picked de la Rose about where he was projected and I know it's different league over there, but 6 goals and 12 points in 38 games?
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Post by BadCompany on Jul 1, 2013 10:33:52 GMT -5
In the previous, best draft ever (2003), those players took 1-2 yrs to make NHL debuts, and perhaps 3 yrs to be mainstays. We are already projecting these guys to be third liners who MAY be ready for the NHL in 3-4yrs. This is how we are building contenders? This draft? I think McCarron and De la Rose will be getting NHL ice time in two years. One year for their respective "junior" clubs, then the jump to the AHL with callups in year two. After that they could be on the top three lines in year three. Fearless prediction. And as far as I can see the "third liner" projections are their floors. As in "worst case these guys are third liners". Both could be top six power-forwards. And of course that's ignoring Fucale, who could be a #1 goalie, capable of netting us a Bernier/Schneider type return (assuming it's not Price that goes). I get that you think we should have given up our picks for Ryan Clowe and Ryan O'Byrne, and that could have made the difference in us winning the Cup this year. But it didn't happen. We kept the picks and we made some interesting selections that fit some huge organizational needs, no pun intended. We got the biggest power-forward available, another big forward "who likes to hit", the best goalie available, and a goon. If you looked at our organizational depth we were missing all of the above. So yes, in that context this is how you build a contender. Doesn't mean they are all going to pan out of course, but on our theoretical contending team we needed a top six power-forward, a grinding third liner with size who can step into a top six role when needed, a top goalie, an uber-goon, and some skilled wingers. Theoretically we already have the defensemen in the system, and surprise-surprise we didn't draft any. With one draft we "filled" our organizations biggest holes. Mission accomplished, if you ask me. |
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Post by BadCompany on Jul 1, 2013 10:37:20 GMT -5
Zykov is the guy I hope we didn't miss on. He slid down the 2nd so lots of teams must have had the same concerns, but we'd already drafted a project in McCarron and Zykov looked like a sensible pick at that point (40-goal scorer in his first year in the Q). They picked de la Rose about where he was projected and I know it's different league over there, but 6 goals and 12 points in 38 games? Well for comparison's sake, Filip Forsberg, who many thought we were considering at third overall last year, had 8 goals and 17 points in the same league. And De la Rose is bigger. Of course stats don't mean everything, and Forsberg's stock seems to be plummetting, but still. |
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Post by blny on Jul 1, 2013 11:16:16 GMT -5
In case others didn't see it in the scuttlebutt thread ... Habs made an offer for Edler yesterday. It was rejected, but Lebrun said they would likely try again. Edler has some sort of NTC that kicked in today, so if there's another attempt, he'd have to waive it.
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Post by blny on Jul 1, 2013 11:39:31 GMT -5
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Post by Cranky on Jul 1, 2013 11:44:20 GMT -5
Five years! We don't need no stinkin' five years! I like the McCarron pick. Really like it. I had him being drafted much higher, so I was happy we were able to get him at 25. I think he has underrated offensive skills, and he was a beast at the U18s. Beast being a word you will hear a lot when people talk about McCarron I think. He's not the next Lucic, so forget that, but hopefully he's going to be a very difficult person to play against. And that's good. Some thought he would still be available in the second round. Well, McCarron was drafted as a second round pick, and Fucale a first rounder. So it all evens out I suppose. De la Rose... I suppose this could be the wildcard that wins or loses the draft for us. Has a lot of tools, just no production. I liken him to Andrei Kostitsyin in that regards, in that you can't figure out why he doesn't score more. But he seems to have much better character than Andrei, so we'll see. I like that all the scouting reports on him say "likes to hit". He's also going to be pretty big, and should play at around 6'2, 215lbs. If the offense follows your looking at the next Eric Cole. If not... well, a third line grinder who again, is difficult to play against. Fucale, I wouldn't have drafted, but only because I'm not big on drafting goalies. But in terms for value this is an excellent pick. The top goalie with your third pick? Can't ask for better than that. He's not going to threaten Price anytime soon, but it was definitely a position of need, so again, to get the consensus best guy available is a good thing. Crisp intrigues me. I wonder if this was a Bergevin pick, in much the same way Andrew Shaw was supposedly a Bergevin pick? I will be very interested in seeing how this one plays out. He's obviously much bigger than Shaw, and a different type of player, but still. Lehkonen/Andrighetto/Reway... they all seem like pretty much the same player. Put them together and maybe you get McCarron. Still, if one of them turns out to be the next Gallagher, then I suppose job well done. My money is on Andrighetto, because they like to make it difficult for us to spell people's names. Can I be first in on the "The Ghetto" nickname? Sven might be the guy who is closer to Shaw, now that I think about it. We shall see. A draft that saw us miss out on, or pass over a bunch of guys that I really wanted, including and most especially Justin Bailey. And not drafting a defenseman seems weird to me, on a lot of levels. I guess we'll have to see how it pans out. I suspect though that we might be seeing some of these guys a lot quicker than you normally would with a draft which may or may not be a good thing. In Trevor we trust! Ghetto went un-drafted last year and this year, he improved on his stats but certainly didn't set the world on fire. His playoffs were pretty good at almost two points a game. In theory, we got Drouin lite but how lite is lite? I'm not sure what to make of him. From what I read, possibly another Chris Higgens? DeLaRose could be a wild card homerun. He's got the size we need and the HA disposition HA really likes (multiple personalities) but ee doesn't seem to have a scoring touch. Lapierre 2? Crisp is a White with an upside. MAYBE a home grown Prust. MAYBE more. Da Beast......don't know. He certainly has a huge upside and there is no pun intended. He dominated against boys, but it's going to take another level of want and mean to dominate in the NHL. Unless he grows to 250 plus pounds and 5% body fat, most of the defenseman he will go against are within 20 pounds of him. I can help but dream of Ghallagher father and Ghally working out with him and create.....a freaken nightmare! There has never been anyone like him on our team for EVER. BTW...I'll guarantee you that he wouldn't make it deep in the second round. If the Booins drafted behind us, they probably would be salivating like hyenas at the prospect of getting him. Fucale was a great chess piece. Here is my problem with all this. NONE of them are going to make an impact for at least four years. That is a LONG time to wait and hope...and wait...and hope. If MB is going to Houle V2 us while waiting, it's going to be a miserable 4 years. |
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Post by blny on Jul 1, 2013 11:56:10 GMT -5
How many picks outside a top ten, hell outside a top FIVE, provide help inside of a couple of years? Not many, for any organization.
I wouldn't compare 'ghetto' to Higgins at all. Higgins was never a great passer, and he didn't use his linemates all that well. He was a north south, head down, player with a decent wrist shot. Sven has better vision, better elusive capabilities, and does a much better job of using his linemates.
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Post by Cranky on Jul 1, 2013 12:02:14 GMT -5
How many picks outside a top ten, hell outside a top FIVE, provide help inside of a couple of years? Not many, for any organization. I wouldn't compare 'ghetto' to Higgins at all. Higgins was never a great passer, and he didn't use his linemates all that well. He was a north south, head down, player with a decent wrist shot. Sven has better vision, better elusive capabilities, and does a much better job of using his linemates. I'm not comparing them in terms of skill, but in terms of value. And yes, we are not going to see any of them within a few years, thus my grief when I hear MB pull a Houle V2 with....."we are not chasing FA's". Of course, all this evaporates if he signs Prince to a 4 year. But he wont. |
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Post by seventeen on Jul 1, 2013 12:08:55 GMT -5
McCarron's ratings had such large variations that it's hard to say where he would have gone had we not drafted him. I wasn't thinking of waiting any longer than #34, but he may have been available then...or not. I was probably originally disappointed (there's that word again) when Philly took Morin. I was really hoping Montreal could land him as it would set up our defense for a decade or longer. How often do you get a decently skilled player who can skate, is that big and fights like a champ? Philly made a great choice, damn them.
If McCarron pans out to a 2nd liner, it will also have been a great choice.
If DLR learns to score it will be a great choice.
I think Fucale will get there, so no 'ifs' for him....good pick at #36. And I'm thrilled that Price will have to look over his shoulder. No player should get too comfortable.
The smurfs are a dice roll, hoping that one translates their game to an NHL level, like DD, and we can use the asset wisely.
Crisp is an interesting pick. Plays on a bad team, but manages to score 22 goals after an injurious prior year. Not only that, he's 6'2", with some weight and likes to fight. If he has some hockey IQ and can become a Prust like player who drops the gloves more often, it will be an outstanding pick.
Considering this draft is so full of good players, I find that the ones that landed on our plate, just didn't thrill me. I didn't see them play, though, and we have a pretty good group of scouts and managers, so final judgment will wait.
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Post by Patty Roy on Jul 1, 2013 12:18:28 GMT -5
Mike McCarron - I like the pick alot. He wasn't going to still be there at 34, so we had to take him at 25. The guy is ridiculously huge compared to those other 18 year olds we saw go in the early rounds. He may play at 250lbs! From what i've read he's got underrated skills as well. Here's hoping he goes the OHL route next season. **Potential college coach (Andy Murray?) said that he was recently measured at 6'6" 240 with very low body fat**
Jacob De La Rose - Not sure that i'm in love with this pick, then again if he plays at 6'3" 215, crashes and bangs and chips in 15 a year he'll be a good pick up. Zykov would have been more of the home run pick here. Wonder if we would have picked Erne if he had still been available? **Note he was measured at 6'2.5" at the combine.**
Zach Fucale - Drafting goalies is never fun, but let's face it this was a massive need in our organization and we got the consensus best goalie in the draft with our 3rd pick! For what its worth the Oilers were primed to select him with the next pick, then traded it when we took Fucale.
Arturri Lehkonen - Whatever talent we left on the table with the McCarron pick we got back in Lehkonen. His numbers in the Finish Elite League were quite impressive. He'll have to put on weight though. I've also seen him listed at 5'9" and 5'11"...lets hope he's closer to the 5'11". Have to admit i would have liked Jonathan Diaby with this pick, especially considering we pretty much got a Lehkonen clone in Andrighetto in the 3rd round.
Connor Crisp - In some ways the most interested pick of the draft for us. BIG kid at 6'4" 220 and loves to fight. Did score 22 goals in the OHL after missing almost all of last season (his draft year). Like BC said this might be our Andrew Shaw.
Sven Andrighetto - Another small guy with alot of skill that competes hard. Had a great World Juniors. I'm guessing he will turn pro this fall so will be interesting to see what he can do at the AHL level.
Martin Reway - For whatever reason i just dont have any hopes for this selection. Just strikes me as the kind of prospect that will be out of our organization in 2 years. Would have been fun to get Jordan Subban with this pick but Vancouver snagged him one sooner.
Jeremy Gregoire - Meh at this point its a total crapshoot. Average sized C with limited skill based on his numbers. Some comparisons to Max Talbot. Those who have seen him seem to like the pick at this point in the draft.
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Post by blny on Jul 1, 2013 12:19:52 GMT -5
I don't think DLRs numbers are the be all end all. He's another swede who was too good for the junior league, but stuck on a 4th line with the men.
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Post by Cranky on Jul 1, 2013 12:43:30 GMT -5
With DLR, Crisp and Beast, we got three of EXACTLY what we need. If two months ago was four years into the future and we had Bickell, Scott Thornton and Corson, I think the word "soft" would make everyone in the league roll their eyes.
And yes, we could use a Morin in that mix big time. I saw him as the next Jeff Beukeboom. A nasty, snarly, dirty, too big to screw with defenseman that would not chip much offence, but be an absolute pain the gut for the entire league. INCLUDING all the members of the Booins/Laffs.
THAT would have been a fantastic rebuild.....
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Post by Cranky on Jul 1, 2013 12:52:31 GMT -5
Mike McCarron - I like the pick alot. He wasn't going to still be there at 34, so we had to take him at 25. The guy is ridiculously huge compared to those other 18 year olds we saw go in the early rounds. He may play at 250lbs! From what i've read he's got underrated skills as well. Here's hoping he goes the OHL route next season. **Potential college coach (Andy Murray?) said that he was recently measured at 6'6" 240 with very low body fat** I can lend him some of mine if it's too low.....  I'm containing my enthusiastic until we see him put people in the hospital. The last time I got excited over a monster prospect turned out that he couldn't handle a set back and had the desire of dead turtle. (Yes, I'm talking about YOU, Komi-traitor. How's retirement or AHL look?) This also goes to the mentality of the team/coach. If we throw all three of them behind a "safe" coach, they will land up as toothless sharks. |
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Post by PTH on Jul 1, 2013 13:17:54 GMT -5
Well, the La Presse article I quoted last night was pretty clear they wanted to deal with Philly, so obviously when Philly wanted Morin as well, the deal fell apart. |
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Post by CentreHice on Jul 1, 2013 13:17:59 GMT -5
How many picks outside a top ten, hell outside a top FIVE, provide help inside of a couple of years? Not many, for any organization. Yes, but that doesn't help us for THIS year, or the next TWO. Status quo, we continue to be targets and punching bags. The Chara hit on Pacioretty STILL hasn't been addressed....two seasons later! Let alone the Gryba headshot on Eller. BOTH had direct impact on our playoff demise. Yet we continue to watch protection and deterrents sign all around us. Subban and Emelin know how to hit hard, no question....but, for separate reasons, they shouldn't be fighting. Tinordi will get his chance this year to show if he's got what it takes....and, along with Prust (who isn't a heavyweight) that's all we've got. I just can't count White. He's a gamer...but that's it. That's what's most frustrating to me. We're going to be watching another year of people taking runs at our skilled core, with little to nothing to stop it. Good luck. |
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Post by blny on Jul 1, 2013 13:24:57 GMT -5
Sure, but how many 18 year old NHL uber goons are there? Zip. The draft is one thing. Filling out the current roster is something else.
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Post by PTH on Jul 1, 2013 13:25:14 GMT -5
I don't get this obsession with "dealing" with hits like the Pacioretty and Eller hits. They happen. Heck, Toews probably got a concussion off of a headshot in the final. It happens.
That's not to say we don't need to add size, toughness and grit, but dirty hits leading to injuries happen to everyone. Heck, Bergeron finished the final horribly beat up, and he plays for the team we see as the "nasty" one.
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Post by Willie Dog on Jul 1, 2013 13:43:08 GMT -5
So far, I'm not really that impressed with our 2013 draft. The McCarron pick annoys me in that we picked him where we did, I guess. We could have taken any of the guys just drafted after McCarron and probably still had him at DLR's pick. That is where the second guessing will come from, I suppose. It appears that McCarron was projected as a 2nd round pick by several of the mock drafts. If the Habs really liked him that much, it's possible they could have picked him up later or even traded down. But there is always worry that another team likes him as well, and some guys see their stock rise on draft day. Or fall. It's clear that the Habs and several other teams did not like Valentin Zykov, who was projected as a 1st round pick on some mocks. We had two chances to get him in the 2nd round and we avoided him both times. I hope they're right. If he ends up being a good scorer and de la Rose is just a standard 3rd line winger.... that will bum me out. I don't mind the Fucale pick. It's clear we need to cover our bases after the year Price had. I just hope McCarron doesn't end up to be this year's Hugh Jessiman. I get nervous about drafting projects in the 1st round. I like to see a better track record of production, but if the Habs didn't see better value at #25 and believe McCarron has the best upside then you just have to trust them. I think with the people MB has put in place throughout the organization, a guy like McCarron will have a much better chance at success than in previous years. The organization now has quality people in place to help develop the players they have chosen. If this was the BG/PG era, this kid would be a lost cause IMO. |
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Post by The Habitual Fan on Jul 1, 2013 13:47:39 GMT -5
How many picks outside a top ten, hell outside a top FIVE, provide help inside of a couple of years? Not many, for any organization. Yes, but that doesn't help us for THIS year, or the next TWO. Status quo, we continue to be targets and punching bags. The Chara hit on Pacioretty STILL hasn't been addressed....two seasons later! Let alone the Gryba headshot on Eller. BOTH had direct impact on our playoff demise. Yet we continue to watch protection and deterrents sign all around us. Subban and Emelin know how to hit hard, no question....but, for separate reasons, they shouldn't be fighting. Tinordi will get his chance this year to show if he's got what it takes....and, along with Prust (who isn't a heavyweight) that's all we've got. I just can't count White. He's a gamer...but that's it. That's what's most frustrating to me. We're going to be watching another year of people taking runs at our skilled core, with little to nothing to stop it. Good luck. The draft and addressing needs for now are two different areas. No team is going to draft an 18 year kid who steps into the lineup and takes on Chara/Lucic right away so team size and toughness has to be addressed long term through the draft. MB did start to address this need but cant be held responsible for a hit two years ago. Unless you want to give up your top picks to trade for a 25-27 year old tough guy that will probably only hav a 2-3 year shelf life in that role it will take time to change the team. The problem going from a small soft skilled team to a big strong skilled team is that you need to draft players that are big and skilled which is more difficult to do and takes a long time to do. |
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Post by Skilly on Jul 1, 2013 15:11:39 GMT -5
In the previous, best draft ever (2003), those players took 1-2 yrs to make NHL debuts, and perhaps 3 yrs to be mainstays. We are already projecting these guys to be third liners who MAY be ready for the NHL in 3-4yrs. This is how we are building contenders? This draft? I think McCarron and De la Rose will be getting NHL ice time in two years. One year for their respective "junior" clubs, then the jump to the AHL with callups in year two. After that they could be on the top three lines in year three. Fearless prediction. And as far as I can see the "third liner" projections are their floors. As in "worst case these guys are third liners". Both could be top six power-forwards. And of course that's ignoring Fucale, who could be a #1 goalie, capable of netting us a Bernier/Schneider type return (assuming it's not Price that goes). I get that you think we should have given up our picks for Ryan Clowe and Ryan O'Byrne, and that could have made the difference in us winning the Cup this year. But it didn't happen. We kept the picks and we made some interesting selections that fit some huge organizational needs, no pun intended. We got the biggest power-forward available, another big forward "who likes to hit", the best goalie available, and a goon. If you looked at our organizational depth we were missing all of the above. So yes, in that context this is how you build a contender. Doesn't mean they are all going to pan out of course, but on our theoretical contending team we needed a top six power-forward, a grinding third liner with size who can step into a top six role when needed, a top goalie, an uber-goon, and some skilled wingers. Theoretically we already have the defensemen in the system, and surprise-surprise we didn't draft any. With one draft we "filled" our organizations biggest holes. Mission accomplished, if you ask me. Correction ... Potentially filled. If it was filled, they'd be playing this year in Montreal. I hope you are all right. I love McCarron's size. I didn't like the grades TSN gave him for shot (2/5), skating (2/5), IQ (2/5), and the other grades in the other two categories were 3/5. That has potential bust written all over it, not potential power forward. He has time, I guess, but there's the reason he slipped. TSN also lists his NHL role as "projected third liner" .... I guess you could look at that two ways. His max is third line, or if he surprises he could be better. But when better analysts than me already have him slotted as third liner, and no mention of top 6 anywhere to be seen, ...yeah, I don't see him protecting anyone on the top six, cause he can't skate very well according to the scouts. I hope we didn't draft any busts with those first three selections .... But I won't be surprised if we look back at this draft the same way we look back at many other drafts ... |
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Post by Skilly on Jul 1, 2013 15:31:05 GMT -5
Isn't De La Rose listen as 6'2, 176lbs?? People have him playing at 215 lbs? That 40 lbs to gain, better start his Big Mac diet now, cause that's the only way he gains 40 lbs ....
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Post by Cranky on Jul 1, 2013 15:33:11 GMT -5
There is a kid that is as mean as a horny rattler and can take anyone on right this minute, but his hockey is mehhh. He's Jonathan-Ismael Diaby selected at 64 by Nashville. 6'5" and 230. I would have taken him over Artturi Lehkonen BUT he's a defenseman and I prefer forwards as goons (more flexibility). It would be TWO beasts that would change the "soft" image.
Blake Millman is also a beast at 6'5" and 250. He can take anyone in the NHL right now. A younger McIntyre and he's a forward. But then, I would of prefer to give up a second and get Bordeleau NOW.
AND...Adam Erne was better player then all of them but we missed him by ONE spot. DLR was a consolation prize. Erne is another Asham.
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Post by seventeen on Jul 1, 2013 15:33:20 GMT -5
Isn't De La Rose listen as 6'2, 176lbs?? People have him playing at 215 lbs? That 40 lbs to gain, better start his Big Mac diet now, cause that's the only way he gains 40 lbs .... That's a typo. It was supposed to be 6' 2" 716 lbs. |
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Post by Skilly on Jul 1, 2013 15:38:11 GMT -5
Isn't De La Rose listen as 6'2, 176lbs?? People have him playing at 215 lbs? That 40 lbs to gain, better start his Big Mac diet now, cause that's the only way he gains 40 lbs .... That's a typo. It was supposed to be 6' 2" 716 lbs. Put his lard ass in net then!!  |
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Post by Patty Roy on Jul 1, 2013 15:42:46 GMT -5
Isn't De La Rose listen as 6'2, 176lbs?? People have him playing at 215 lbs? That 40 lbs to gain, better start his Big Mac diet now, cause that's the only way he gains 40 lbs .... Eliteprospects has him at 190lbs. As i mentioned earlier he was measured at 6'2.5" at the combine. Not unreasonable at all that he ends up 6'3" 215. |
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Post by Cranky on Jul 1, 2013 16:06:24 GMT -5
Here is my "don't eff with us anymore" draft.....
1 25 Montreal Michael McCarron (6'5" and 235)
2 34 Montreal Jacob De La Rose (6'3" and 215)
2 36 Montreal Zachary Fucale
2 55 Montreal Jonathan-Ismael Diaby (6'5" and 250)
3 71 Montreal Connor Crisp (6'4" 225)
3 86 Montreal Sven Andrighetto (requisite midget)
4 116 Montreal Samuel Noreau (6'4" and 235)
6 176 Montreal Jeremy Gregoire
A throwaway 7th pick for Blake Millman (6'5" and 250)
In one draft, two defensive defensman and three forwards with serious size and mean. Maybe at best I got a third liner, a fourth liner and a bottom 6, but at least we end the "soft" bs. Of course, I would dream that we got a 2nd liner, a third liner, a fourth liner and a shut down top 4 along with a 6.
I would put them all in the AHL and work on them until they became serviceable monsters.
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Post by Disgruntled70sHab on Jul 1, 2013 16:33:22 GMT -5
I was kind of disappointed when I realized that we didn't land a kid who'd crack the lineup next season. I mean, for all of the hype I heard surrounding this year's draft, how deep and loaded with talent it was, I thought we'd get better right away.
However, the positive in this is that teams in the league have been getting bigger every year. We've kept up with that for the first time in a long time. We got bigger, we added a goaltender and some talent.
I'm alright with the draft, but I was just hoping to get better right away.
Cheers.
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Post by sergejean on Jul 1, 2013 17:58:48 GMT -5
Time will tell if Timmins drafted wisely but it sure looks like he drafted based on needs rather than bpa.
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