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2018-19 Cup Champs!
- Mar 22, 2012
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That’d be an incredible 1st round. Two safe floor guys who seem very likely to be solid NHLers in some capacity and a total wild card.
That’d be an incredible 1st round. Two safe floor guys who seem very likely to be solid NHLers in some capacity and a total wild card.
Others like him more but I see him as a 3rd rounder. Seems like the type that has the tools and size to be an NHLer so he has somewhat of a safe trajectory. But I’d be pretty surprised if he was ever a top-6 forward. I see him as a likely future 4C, maybe 3C or wing if he’s able to figure out how to process the game faster.A lot of mock drafts seem to have the Blues taking Charlie Stramel with one of our later first round picks. Admittedly I don't know much about him but I do recall him being highly touted prior to entering college and his lackluster production is what dropped him down the rankings. He appears to be a big bodied center (which everyone loves) but lacks high end skill and hockey IQ. I'm curious to those that are more knowledgeable on this draft, what's the scoop on Stramel? Is he worth a late 1st? His tool set doesn't jump out as very appealing to me but I tend to be biased toward skilled players who can skate and anticipate the play.
Hopefully notI wonder if we are active in moving up. Would we want Michkov or would it have to be top 4 or bust. If we are looking. I imagine Montreal is the main spot to target for moving up, unless we give San Jose a reason to move.
As we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
Benson. This would be a rare opportunity for the Blues to get a truly elite CHL prospect. After that, I've been really warming up to Wood. I think some of my criticism of him was a bit unfair considering he's a 17 year old playing in the NCAA. I really believe in his hockey IQ.As we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
Perreault, Wood, or Benson.As we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
Benson. Alternate is Wood or Perreault.As we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
I'd be happy with those two. I keep thinking Danielson for some reason and I'm also warming up to Wood.As we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
Zach Benson. Dimitrij Filipovich has been Benson pilling me and I think there's going to be a bunch of teams kicking themselves for not taking him due to size concerns.As we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
I agree on trading up from 25. We can come out of this draft with two really exciting prospects. My guy is still Ritchie.25 and 29 should get Blues another Top 15 guy. Why not go for two studs?
Coming away with two of Reinbacher/Willander/Benson/Honzek would be legit.
Consolation prize: Simashev or Yager
Cherry on top: Hrabal
Easily BensonAs we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
Benson, Perrault, Wood…in that order. Don’t want D at #10. Not even Reinbacher.As we close in on draft, who do you want at 10? Let’s assume Bedard, fantilli, Carlson, smith, Leonard, michkov, reinbacher, and dvorsky are all gone.
My pick would be Willander with honzek as alternate.
Who you got?
Don't think the Canucks would want to drop from 11 to 25. Maybe the pens would want to drop but I think it will be very hard to move up 10 plus spotsSome trade up options from 25 & 29:
Canucks: 11 (338.98)
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Blues: 25 (181.80), 29 (151.85), 106 (10.14) = 343.79
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Penguins: 14 (297.13), 90 (16.63) = 313.76
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Blues: 25 (181.80), 29 (151.85) = 333.65
Benson has had the pleasure of playing with two centers that were drafted right around the top 10. My question is why he didn’t put up more points. A guy that’s never been drafted scored more goals than he did. Smallish average skater. I just can’t get there. He’s available at 25. I’ll take him then. I see better pics at 10.
He put up more points than both of those top ten centers who are a year older than him. Perhaps they’ve benefitted from playing with him.He’s good, but is he just benefitting from the talent around him is my biggest question. Is he Rob Preston good? (There’s an old name for you)
Benson has had the pleasure of playing with two centers that were drafted right around the top 10. My question is why he didn’t put up more points. A guy that’s never been drafted scored more goals than he did. Smallish average skater. I just can’t get there. He’s available at 25. I’ll take him then. I see better pics at 10.
He’s good, but is he just benefitting from the talent around him is my biggest question. Is he Rob Preston good? (There’s an old name for you)
That's just it, i think he's an even better Schwartz. And Schwartz was my favorite player here until he left. We need a tenacious productive player to lead by example, and Benson is all that. Imagine if we draft him and he grows 2or3 inches. Even without a spurt, i easily take him @10 if no other top prospects fall.Another way to look at it is whatever line he was on was the most productive with two centers who were high picks. He’s a line driver and competes very hard in all 3 zones. Not the most physically gifted but neither was Schwartz and I think we’re happy with how that pick turned out
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