NotProkofievian
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- Nov 29, 2011
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You know, that's still my lingering impression of this draft. In a year when the Finnish and American talent pools seem deeper and stronger than ever and the Canadian pool weaker than ever, we pulled heavily from one CHL league. And, surprise, the one guy that we don't feel like we have to cross our fingers about is the Finnish guy.
I made the comment after the Fleury pick that our draft was getting a little imbalanced. Not only 3 defencemen, but 3 defencemen from the same league, while some pretty strong forwards were still on the board. Some of whom played big roles for their respective national teams. And then we drafted Tyszka on top of it.
Our prospect pool is a little wonky right now. A whole pile of CHL defencemen, 5 goaltenders with realistic prospects, and then you look at our forwards.
Hopefully we can catch the tail end of the finnish gold rush and get one of Kupari/Ylönen/Kotkaniemi.