Should we fire up the tank?
This is the year their ping-pong balls come up #1. No need to tank, even if Dahlin is special.
Should we fire up the tank?
Should we fire up the tank?
Should we fire up the tank?
Scenerio:
Here is your lineup:
Eichel-Eichel-Eichel
Eichel-Eichel-Eichel
Eichel-Eichel-Eichel
Eichel-Eichel-Eichel
Bogosian-Bogosian
Bogosian-Bogosian
Bogosian-Bogosian
You have to decide between drafting Middletstadt and Timmons. Who do you choose?
I don't foresee and way Dahlin isn't the number one pick unless the team picking just really wants a centre to build around, he's too good of a player to not live up to expectations.
And I'm pretty sure all that has been taken into account by saying he's better than makar. Dude went 3oa, dahlin is going 1oa ATM.
Major injury, another guy rips off a monster year, the draft rankings are tenuous at best.
Career ending injury, other then that I don't see it.
When has an elite prospect had a career ending injury in their draft year?
Even a career altering injury is a remote possibility.
I'm not the one that brought it up
All I'm saying is that the more likely reasons for Dahlin to drop would be an injury that isn't career altering, but unfortunately timed (like Liljegren's mono last season & Patrick's injuries), and the everyone is watching affect that has caused guys like say Jakob Chychrun to fall.
He could definitely go wire to wire like McDavid, Matthews, etc.
But, he could get passed like Patrick, etc.
I HIGHLY doubt he is going to drop, even with injury and poor play. There hasnt been a prospect like him on the backend in some time.
When was the last time the first overall pick missed a significant amount of their draft year with injuries?
McDavid?
If ever there was a year to acquire an extra 1st round pick this is it. There will be defensemen in the early 20s this year that I think would have went top 10 last year.
If ever there was a year to acquire an extra 1st round pick this is it. There will be defensemen in the early 20s this year that I think would have went top 10 last year.
Kane at the TDL makes it a pretty good possibility we'll have one.
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