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- Apr 17, 2017
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It’s a sign!
hope we can get Samoskevich.
He looks like a great pick for us, but why ranked so low with his skill set ?
Are there any strong goalies in that range? For some reason I'd like to get more goalies in the system, put pressure on Primeau and also to replace him if he doesn't pan out. Price is showing how important it is to have a solid G, and Montreal has a history of excelling at that position. Let's keep this tradition going.
If not, I hope for the highest upside possible from an offensive forward. Go for the homerun. Highest ceiling, regardless of safeness of the pick.
I definitely want more goalies too. 1st round though? yeesh. Still it is a late 1st and I have literally no idea who's available or whatever. He'd have to be pretty dynamite though. I think if I was going to go positionally I'd go RD but at this point go with the homerun swing regardless of position
Olausson could definitely be a good late first bet for us. He's got quite a few raw tools to work with, including a good frame and excellent skating. If Rosen and L'Heureux are gone he'd probably be my guy. His ranking is all over the place though, he might be gone way sooner than that.
He could be good or Scott Morrow as a project RD.
Bolduc or Bourgault wouldn't be bad gambles at our position now.
Ryan Winterton is another one who impressed me at the U-18s as a guy who could be a middle six winger.
Another guy I like is Ryder Korczak. He had a pretty successful PPG WHL season this year and has a lot of talent, just needs to shoot more.
Chibrikov is likely a pipe-dream now.. but Koivunen looked great at the U-18, as did Poltapov as a heavy player.
The U18 might inflate their stock but guys like Winterton, Koivunen and Poltapov I see going more early-ish second round. This is a weird year though so stuff could happen.
They are all toolsy guys at least, more than a lot of late first picks tend to be (ours in any case) .Agreed but seeing as we are at the tail end of the first, all those early 2nd round guys can be an option due to the uncertainty.
I like the idea of gambling on players we didn't see much of, they may not have gotten into a rhythm. Though Koivunen and Poltapov played more than Winterton or Korczak got to.
Not sure about Korczak either. I'm always skeptical of prospects who have only been good for one year (although his potential has always been there) and he seems to be a "jack of all trades, master of none" type as you said which are basically dime a dozen.I'm not very bullish on Korczak at this point. He strikes me as one of those, "good at everything, not great at anything" types that the WHL pumps out a decent amount of.
Not sure what @Stive Morgan thinks though.
Olen Zellweger is a name I haven't seen thrown around here, I really like the kid. Smooth skating offensive D-man who is playing in one of our favourite scouting grounds in Everett. He checks a lot of boxes as far as 'new NHL' types go.
Agreed. I'd add Stromgren to those as well - impressive U18'sOlausson could definitely be a good late first bet for us. He's got quite a few raw tools to work with, including a good frame and excellent skating. If Rosen and L'Heureux are gone he'd probably be my guy. His ranking is all over the place though, he might be gone way sooner than that. Ditto for the other two really, who even knows at this point.
Olausson could definitely be a good late first bet for us. He's got quite a few raw tools to work with, including a good frame and excellent skating. If Rosen and L'Heureux are gone he'd probably be my guy. His ranking is all over the place though, he might be gone way sooner than that. Ditto for the other two really, who even knows at this point.
Agreed. I'd add Stromgren to those as well - impressive U18's