This seems pretty fast (?!) for an ELC. Maybe I’m mistaken and it’s actually pretty standard but I don’t recall the Caps signing guys to ELCs this close to the draft. Regardless, it seems like the franchise thinks Lapierre is a good player and worth the risk and they seem thrilled to have been able to get him. He seems dynamic, I’d like to see him thrive just to damn the naysayers. Without any concerns most had him easily a Top 10 pick, a chance I think the Caps were wise to take.Hope he stays healthy...he's off to a good start this year.
Caps slowly adding some pretty dynamic draft stock with McMichael and Lapierre up the middle. I think both have the talent to be top 6 centers in the future. Lapierre was a really good risk/reward pick - the Caps need blue chippers and with good health he could be one.
This seems pretty fast (?!) for an ELC. Maybe I’m mistaken and it’s actually pretty standard but I don’t recall the Caps signing guys to ELCs this close to the draft..
The name that may haunt my Devils for years
He was the next ZetterbergNah. Mattias Tedenby is the name haunting the Devils for years. There was no excuse for that.
He was the next Zetterberg
Yeah and it may provide avenues for his Medical which I’m sure they’re going to be keen on.COVID league. Things change. I would suggest, for instance, that they want enough control to be able to make sure he has a place to play hockey this season.
Karma for Schmot Screvens. I can’t even bring myself to type his name.Nah. Mattias Tedenby is the name haunting the Devils for years. There was no excuse for that.
Hope he stays healthy...he's off to a good start this year.
Caps slowly adding some pretty dynamic draft stock with McMichael and Lapierre up the middle. I think both have the talent to be top 6 centers in the future. Lapierre was a really good risk/reward pick - the Caps need blue chippers and with good health he could be one.
Will be an awesome player if he stays healthy. If he does, Lapierre will prove to be one of the top half dozen players taken in this draft.awesome name
No one remembers Stefan Matteau? What an awful decision to keep the pick and waste it lol. Even though the pick was later returned.Nah. Mattias Tedenby is the name haunting the Devils for years. There was no excuse for that.
Will be an awesome player if he stays healthy. If he does, Lapierre will prove to be one of the top half dozen players taken in this draft.
I’d also offer Mike Green, John Carlson, and Dmitri Orlov in the same range. TG for Ross Mahoney.The Caps have a knack for late first round picks. Particularly players that are dropping. Marcus Johansson and Filip Forsberg were projected much higher and fell because of injury. I cant remember the reason Kuznetsov dropped, but that's 3 pretty good players that fall into that Lapierre catagory
I’d also offer Mike Green, John Carlson, and Dmitri Orlov in the same range. TG for Ross Mahoney.
P.S. it actually sucks more than I thought it would that Green and Alzner retired and/or flamed out without having ever won, with the Caps or without.
No but Orlov did have cred from his WJC performance. Still to get three Top Pairing D at that range in the draft over 4-5 years is amazing.Green was ranked higher and dropped because his team sucked. Carlson was just a late first. Orlov wasnt supposed to be a first. Was he?
No but Orlov did have cred from his WJC performance. Still to get three Top Pairing D at that range in the draft over 4-5 years is amazing.