Kafka
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2001 and 2003 were expected to be deep drafts........ can the 2004 and 2005 drafts be compared to those two?
2003 was one the best ever in term of depth!!august said:I don't know for 2005, but the 2004 has a strong top 10, but after that it's not as deep as was the 2003 draft.
kruezer said:I really like the looks of the Canadian contingent in the 2005 draft, does anyone have any info on the European element to it?
X-SHARKIE said:2004 draft is a solid draft. Top 5 picks well land you an elite prospect. Ovechkin,Malkin,Olesz,Barker,Schwarz, these guys are great. Then you got the other prospects who I just love in Lisin,Picard, Stafford, Pineault, ect.
2005 is shaping up to be a heck of draft class as well.
2003 well go down as one of the top 10 drafts in history possibly.
Sharks for an example, we walked away from that draft with 5 players who are having wonderfull years and 4 who are pretty safe to say they'll make the NHL. It was a great draft.
Kick Save said:Aren't you the guy who has access to the scouting tapes? As a Ducks fan, I'm very interested in this year's draft because the Ducks seem to be a lock to draft in the top 10 or so. I noticed that you haven't mentioned Schremp. What's your opinion of him (both talent-wise and character-wise)? Do you think the fact that he demanded a trade was merely a shrewd business move by his agent or is this kid a problem? Were his moves in the Prospects game as spectacular as some have claimed? If you were drafting 5th or 6th overall (and he were still on the board), would you draft him?
Thanks and I apologize if you have provided some of this information in another thread.
Cariboux said:I know that Andrei Kastsitsyn brother's Siarhei
go kim johnsson said:care to give a pronounciation key?
Yea, the baby boomers all started having their kid 20 years ago, this is going to be the era that brings the NHL out of the defensive age.Hockeycrazed07 said:About 20 years ago, birth rates in Canada started to spike, which continued through the next few years. That's one of the reasons for the monster drafts we're seeing. Also, Europe is taking more control over their hockey production, so we're getting more from over there, which means more for drafts. Soon (next 50 years, which is soon, from a perspective), teams like China and Japan will start producing more, which means the draft will get that much deeper, and any spikes in birth rates will have an effect on drafts.
~Crazed.
X-SHARKIE said:If the Ducks are sitting at the 5th or the 6th spot. Well they'll be tempted to take O'Neil, I've seen him twice this year and alot last year when he was in Green Bay. He's an abosolute horce, who moves very very well for a man his size. I would think Anaheim would like him. I'm one of Schremps biggest fans actually on this board. In my pre-season- mock draft I had him ranked at #2, Untill the WJC's I had a tough time moving him out of there. If Schremp falls to the Ducks, they well jump on him. He's a top notch prospect, alot better then people want to realize because they think he's a problem child, HE"S NOT!! not at all. I like Schremps game, his awarness and puck skills are amazing! I would think they would take Schremp or O'Neil.
JasonMacIsaac said:Yea, the baby boomers all started having their kid 20 years ago, this is going to be the era that brings the NHL out of the defensive age.
VernonForrest said:Actually the Baby boom generation started to have their kids roughly 37 years ago being that the baby boom generation is now aged 38-57. Therefore the last 15 or so years would have supported your theory.
Daniel_Tkaczuk said:That would make us (Im 22) the 'baby boom echo'... so the theory actually still applies... and surprisingly so does my sociology textbook. wow.