Langway
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- Jul 7, 2006
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Kaut is a right shot at least.
I think he's too raw to be solidly in the mix but I don't doubt some team steps up in the first and takes him. He's another guy that could earn some late fans at the U18s. He's someone you could maybe fast-track in the bottom six while you wait for a lot of things to develop on the fly but it's probably going to take a while. I have him just outside of the first round because of that. It's a better option if they keep Trotz around since I'm sure he'd value a lot of his game but in this draft I'd tend to shoot for more skill (likely a defenseman given where they're likely to be picking between the likes of MSamuelsson, Miller, Sandin, McIsaac, Lundkvist & Merkley). There's a decent argument that they're already deep enough on the blueline as it is so maybe they bypass that group but among forwards I'd probably take Groulx, Dellandrea or Thomas over Noel as smarter fast-track types that could play in a bottom six role (and throw McBain & Bokk in there as longer-term wildcards).Still leaning towards Noel, size and good hands.