owen allard was a nice 7th round find. but i agree, scouting under vic was excellent.they did, i think they have had more issues in the last few years after vic carneiro left. havent seen many tye kartye lately.
owen allard was a nice 7th round find. but i agree, scouting under vic was excellent.they did, i think they have had more issues in the last few years after vic carneiro left. havent seen many tye kartye lately.
I can get on board this. Are you thinking free agent signings, import signings, or signings from our existing draft pool?if it were me, and it's not lol, i'd look for two 07 forwards that will be impact players down the road. we have a ton of defence prospects and current vets that i'm comfortable with. i think it'd be great to have a couple strong forwards to grow with martin and hayes. would make the rebuild that much quicker.
just my opinion.
thoughts?
sorry, i meant in the import draft.I can get on board this. Are you thinking free agent signings, import signings, or signings from our existing draft pool?
Just not sure which current forward prospects fit the bill? Which is disappointing when trying to add to the already strong 07 core from our early round successes.
good points, which makes me wonder if he knows something and not letting it slip, to let the family deal with it quietly and on their terms? i'm in the same boat....to take him in the 2nd, with no guarantee (which there never really is a guarantee) or at least some inkling, is hard to swallow.with so much unknown regarding the status of a lot of our '07 class, and some obvious holes in the roster at forward, doesn't that make the croskery pick a bit of a headscratcher?
that could turn out to be one of his best picks (if he reports) or one of his worst picks (if he doesn't). throwing away a 2nd with AWOL 2007 prospects and empty cupboards the next few years was risky imo. as i said the other day, i'll take the longview but he will be judged harshly if he wasted that pick at such a crucial point in our rebuild.
Was Ryder Cali at development camp? Went 3rd round to
I'm a little puzzled as to what made him fall all the way to the 4th round if there wasn't a commitment in place. I mentioned this before, but some say he's already on the radar for the 26 NHL draft. That usually means top 2 rounds in the O.3rd round to Muskegon...that surprised a lot of people. Of note, as I mentioned on another thread, while the USHL would love to have players like Cali, this draft isn't as important as tomorrows phase II draft. It's that draft where clubs pick players ready to play and devote a lot more of their resources to scouting them and signing them.
Also of note, Carson Andrew, through 6 rounds has yet to be drafted...a good sign for the Soo
I'm a little puzzled as to what made him fall all the way to the 4th round if there wasn't a commitment in place. I mentioned this before, but some say he's already on the radar for the 26 NHL draft. That usually means top 2 rounds in the O.
I messaged thescout.ca on Twitter and a couple of others. They said he was 'on the radar'of NHL teams and another said they were surprised to see him drafted to the O.I'm curious to know who or what scouting agency has him as a player to watch for in the 26 draft. He's a good player, certainly worthy of a top half pick (3rd....maybe 2nd round) in the USHL draft but I don't think I'd consider him an elite player or as a potential NHL draft pick. Not saying he cannot or wont be one but as of now he isn't regarded in the elite category (of which you have to be to be considered a future potential NHL pick two years out from your draft year) and had he declared his intentions for the OHL then he would have been a late 3rd round type of pick.
So he really didn't fall all that much
I messaged thescout.ca on Twitter and a couple of others. They said he was 'on the radar'of NHL teams and another said they were surprised to see him drafted to the O.
It just seems to me that he should have commitments elsewhere, but I'll be really happy if he comes to the Hounds. Nice work by Raftis if that's the case. Maybe they got fellow Missourian Ryan Roth to recruit.