Could be 27th to 23rd depending on which teams goes to semiSo, if Colorado beats Winnipeg, what is the range that their 1st round pick becomes? (Right now it is listed at 27th I think.)
But, but . . . his back hurts.Man i want Lindstrom.
There might be a scenario where we trade up with Anaheim if their guy is Yakemchuk.
Anyway, fingers crossed that we end up with Lindstrom.
DITTOMan i want Lindstrom.
There might be a scenario where we trade up with Anaheim if their guy is Yakemchuk.
Anyway, fingers crossed that we end up with Lindstrom.
Does your wife know?That's my boy
There isn't, and teams get it wrong all the time, but, at least in some drafts, there are a few top players that you don't skip no matter your depth. You don't pass on McDavid because your top 6 is good, and you are set at center.BPA is a fabrication. There is no such quantification. There is no measuring tape that makes it an exact science. That is the other problem with this thesis. It is a mantra that some people keep repeating, because they trust their peers who use the same language.
Huh? Michkov was universally more highly regarded than Demidov.Nah, absolutely not. There was a lot of hockey concerns about Michkov taking him out of the top group.
Huh? Michkov was universally more highly regarded than Demidov.
Ahhh NoHuh? Michkov was universally more highly regarded than Demidov.
Man i want Lindstrom.
There might be a scenario where we trade up with Anaheim if their guy is Yakemchuk.
Anyway, fingers crossed that we end up with Lindstrom.
Huh? Michkov was universally more highly regarded than Demidov.
Not really no. He played with Basha more, who's also very good but he's going to play with very good players here too.On Lindstrom; any inflation because he plays on the same team as McKenna?
Kinda like Strome playing on Erie with McDavid?
You can always find an outlier opinion if you really want to, but this screams revisionist to meNo, not universally at all. There are scout comparisons of the 2 that go back 3-4 years ago, where some already preferred Demidov.
No, not universally at all. There are scout comparisons of the 2 that go back 3-4 years ago, where some already preferred Demidov.
We really are missing out by not having Russia at the WJHC. Last year, would have been insane when Bedard tore it up, if Michkov happened to be playing in it.Yes, Michkov just got god like status through the draft process because he did some stuff at 16, no one watched him much after that and once the Habs passed both Habs fans who wanted Michkov and fanbases who hate the Habs all declared him as good as Bedard.
Demidov has been talked about for awhile, just like Michkov was and there's always been a debate on who is better. Demidov just never got to tear up a WJC or a U18 to get the mainstream hype that comes from being on television.
Agree with your post except for that part. They don't "have to." And at no lower than 7, they can draft a forward who is, for lack of a better description, "good enough" to pass over maybe a more highly regarded left D, like Buium or Dickinson, for instance. They're not going to draft a left D with their first pick. Leshunov or Parehk? Maybe.At 1-7, though, it's likely that the habs will believe one player has significantly more potential than anyone else remaining, and, that high in the draft, they have to take that player even if it means increasing the logjam at one position or another.
Yes....we made himDoes your wife know?
You can always find an outlier opinion if you really want to, but this screams revisionist to me
According to you and some rankings. If the scouting team decided he's the BPA, then he would be the pick on their list.If we decided at #5, we want a big 6ft6 Center, so we take Dean Letourneau (ranked mid 20s NA), as an example, that would def not be BPA, but who knows he could turn out to be one of the best players in the draft (in hindsight).
Yeah, but when people talk about BPA they generally don't mean picking someone who is not the highest rated guy on their list. They talk about making the list in a way that makes sense for them.IF they think a D man like Buium is the best player at #5 though, and will just be much better than any of the forwards available.. it is what it is IMO, and that's fine. Our D pool looks full but nothing ever really goes according to plan with prospects, and trades are also a thing.
According to you and some rankings. If the scouting team decided he's the BPA, then he would be the pick on their list.
So are you against drafting the "BPA" now?
Yeah, but when people talk about BPA they generally don't mean picking someone who is not the highest rated guy on their list. They talk about making the list in a way that makes sense for them.
So as an example, if we say that the team is debating about Buium, Levshunov, Demidov and Lindstrom, and they conclude that these guys are roughly in the same "tier", that they all will become really good players and it's impossible to say who ends up being the best, and they also conclude that there's a high positional need for forward right now, then they're just going to make the list in a way where the forwards are rated above the defensemen. That way they will take the forward as long he's available, and it's going to be the "BPA" pick. And it makes perfect sense too.