Ohio Jones
Game on...
Check them out in the Yahoo group files... thanks, Matt! Two more to go!! 
Columbus traded their 3rd 2007 to New Jersey for four day 2 picks, with which we selected:
4/98: RW Robin Figren (taken 3/70 by NYI)
4/118: LW Constantin Braun (taken 6/164 by LAK)
5/146 G Kris Lazaruk (not drafted)
5/148 D Cameron Cepek (taken 7/199 by MTL)
Very pleased with those results, NHL draft position notwithstanding. Some scouts had Lazaruk ahead of many goalies who ended up getting drafted in the first two rounds. He may be a bit of a project, but is very athletic and has the work ethic to improve his skills over time. I look forward to teams fighting to draft him next year.
Figren adds to my stable of quality two-way forward prospects - I like his non-stop energy. Braun is a banger with skill - a darkhorse who I believe projects at minimum as a third-liner who can hit and contribute, but has the potential to develop into a scoring-line winger. Cepek fell on draft day due to a broken wrist that shortened his season, but he's got good offensive instincts and is tough as nails to boot - will clear the crease and drop the gloves. I think he was considered a third-rounder in RLR's rankigns. He came late to hockey on ice (he's a California native, so for a number of years hockey was something you played on wheels...) but he has the right attitude, and is also considered a good leader. Hopefully Montreal got an even better steal than I did with that pick.
Look for another goalie for Columbus late in the 7th.
(***EDIT: Didn't realize I'd done this, since I was working off of multiple scouting reports, but all four of my Day 2 picks are on the same page of the RLR draft rankings: Cepek #66, Braun #67, Figren #68, and Lazaruk #71. Weird. He had good things to say, though. )
Columbus traded their 3rd 2007 to New Jersey for four day 2 picks, with which we selected:
4/98: RW Robin Figren (taken 3/70 by NYI)
4/118: LW Constantin Braun (taken 6/164 by LAK)
5/146 G Kris Lazaruk (not drafted)
5/148 D Cameron Cepek (taken 7/199 by MTL)
Very pleased with those results, NHL draft position notwithstanding. Some scouts had Lazaruk ahead of many goalies who ended up getting drafted in the first two rounds. He may be a bit of a project, but is very athletic and has the work ethic to improve his skills over time. I look forward to teams fighting to draft him next year.
Figren adds to my stable of quality two-way forward prospects - I like his non-stop energy. Braun is a banger with skill - a darkhorse who I believe projects at minimum as a third-liner who can hit and contribute, but has the potential to develop into a scoring-line winger. Cepek fell on draft day due to a broken wrist that shortened his season, but he's got good offensive instincts and is tough as nails to boot - will clear the crease and drop the gloves. I think he was considered a third-rounder in RLR's rankigns. He came late to hockey on ice (he's a California native, so for a number of years hockey was something you played on wheels...) but he has the right attitude, and is also considered a good leader. Hopefully Montreal got an even better steal than I did with that pick.
Look for another goalie for Columbus late in the 7th.
(***EDIT: Didn't realize I'd done this, since I was working off of multiple scouting reports, but all four of my Day 2 picks are on the same page of the RLR draft rankings: Cepek #66, Braun #67, Figren #68, and Lazaruk #71. Weird. He had good things to say, though.
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