I've read a lot of good things about Sanding and a decent amount of question marks about Wilde and Miller.
For my mostly uninformed decision, I pick: Sandin.
For my mostly uninformed decision, I pick: Sandin.
Let's also note that Sandin plays on a stacked team.
I see Sandin as a younger Andy Greene .
Maybe we shoot for higher ceiling at 17?
I mean, at one point, Andy Greene was a legit top pairing guy.
If that's what we get out of a #17 pick...I'll be ecstatic.
Greene should have never been a top pairing d man, even in his prime.
2nd pair guy
Relevant snapshots from Pronman's rankings today without taking all of his content:
8. Bokk
16. Wilde
21. Ty Smith
34. Sandin
36. Miller
Lol Greene was great as a first pair D for a long while.
Yeah for all of those non playoff teams .
Same here. Steven has had some high praise for K'Andre Miller though which makes me kind of interested in him too.Wilde, Merkley or Bokk.
Picked Wilde
Miller doesn't have the offensive upside others have. We've been burnt by toolsy prospects with little offensive production too much in the past. (Zacha, McLeod, Santini, etc).Same here. Steven has had some high praise for K'Andre Miller though which makes me kind of interested in him too.
Also smiling at DD for patting himself on the back yet again
Yeah for all of those non playoff teams .
I honestly don't know much about Miller at all aside from what I've read about him on our board.Miller doesn't have the offensive upside others have. We've been burnt by toolsy prospects with little offensive production too much in the past. (Zacha, McLeod, Santini, etc).
Sandin gets the vote because he’s the most reliable combination in terms of defensive responsibility along with solid offensive skill. And he still has plenty of upside. He also has some of the best 5v5 numbers of any of the defenseman who will be available at 17. From Cordell: “Sandin was a more efficient 5v5 producer at the OHL level than the likes of Vince Dunn, Travis Dermott, Dougie Hamilton, Aaron Ekblad, Olli Maatta, Mikhail Sergachev and Jakob Chychrun in their draft years so clearly he is competent offensively.”
Miller doesn't have the offensive upside others have. We've been burnt by toolsy prospects with little offensive production too much in the past. (Zacha, McLeod, Santini, etc).
Merkley - love his upside.
I've read a lot of good things about Sanding and a decent amount of question marks about Wilde and Miller.
For my mostly uninformed decision, I pick: Sandin.