Draft Lottery Night!!! (Devils win, move up to #4)

[Brooklyndevil]

If the Oilers take RNH and the Avs take Landsokg, Lou will make a play for the 3rd pick and take Larsson. That's my feeling anyway.

 

[Menwithouthat tricks]

Explain to me your love for Hamilton please!

He's just the right guy for the Isles - they're solid on forwards,they need to be able to clear the crease, and they can't sighn top free agents. Strome, Huberdeau and Murphy are all high risk; the Isles are in a position where they can take more of a sure solid RD pick.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

1. Edmonton: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2. Colorado: Adam Larsson
3. Florida: Gabriel Landeskog
4. New Jersey: Sean Couturier
5. New York: Ryan Murphy

this

 

[Panteras]

If the Oilers take RNH and the Avs take Landsokg, Lou will make a play for the 3rd pick and take Larsson. That's my feeling anyway.

keep dreaming

 

[Kvashinator12]

He's just the right guy for the Isles - they're solid on forwards,they need to be able to clear the crease, and they can't sighn top free agents. Strome, Huberdeau and Murphy are all high risk; the Isles are in a position where they can take more of a sure solid RD pick.

I wouldn't call someone like Hamilton a crease clearer. IF they want that drop back to 10 and take Siemens

 

[ScottyK]

 

[Jabba11]

1. Edmonton: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2. Colorado: Adam Larsson
3. Florida: Gabriel Landeskog
4. New Jersey: Sean Couturier
5. New York: Ryan Murphy

Florida doesn't have any good centerman and even less in their prospect pool. Dale Tallon will love to have a guy like Sean Couturier. Seems to me like the perfect fit for the Panthers.

 

[ledzep1212]

Florida doesn't have any good centerman and even less in their prospect pool. Dale Tallon will love to have a guy like Sean Couturier. Seems to me like the perfect fit for the Panthers.

I am going to **** absolute bricks if Landeskog or Larsson fall to the ****ing Devils.

 

[Granlund2Pulkkinen*]

Florida doesn't have any good centerman and even less in their prospect pool. Dale Tallon will love to have a guy like Sean Couturier. Seems to me like the perfect fit for the Panthers.

Yeah I feel that way too.. But my gut feeling is this is how it's going to pan out

 

[Freudian]

My guess:

1. Edm: RNH
2. Avs: Larsson
3. Ottawa (trade up): Landeskog
4. Devils: Couturier
5. Islanders: Huberdeau
6. Florida (trade down): Strome

 

[Jabba11]

Yeah I feel that way too.. But my gut feeling is this is how it's going to pan out

Yeah I agree. But for Florida to have this great defensive prospect pool already + having a Couturier and Bjugstad as their 1-2 centerman + Markstrom as their #1 goalie...damn the future is bright in Florida under Dale Tallon.

 

[S E P H]

Yeah Ottawa will try their best to trade up.

I see Huberdeau going higher than Couturier.

 

[Retail1LO*]

Yeah I agree. But for Florida to have this great defensive prospect pool already + having a Couturier and Bjugstad as their 1-2 centerman + Markstrom as their #1 goalie...damn the future is bright in Florida under Dale Tallon.

Yeah...as long as he remembers to send out QO's.

 

[ScottyK]

Zajac
Couturier
Josefson
Henrique

Yes please.

 

[Granlund2Pulkkinen*]

Murray pretty much let everybody know he wanted Landeskog.

Well everybody on HF boards who knows that it's been leaked that they're very high on him.

 

[SenzZen]

Believe me, I thought you guys had won it too and was angry for 5 seconds as a result, but the difference between 5th and 6th seems to be insignificant this year. I wouldn't be breaking stuff if I was a Sens fan.

How wonderfully level-headed of you to say as a ******* HABS FAN!!!

 

[BoxOfChocolates]

My prediction:

EDM: Nugent-Hopkins
COL: Larsson
FLO: Landeskog
NJ: Couturier
NYI: Hamilton/Huberdeau/Strome

 

[fazon]

1. Edmonton: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2. Colorado: Adam Larsson
3. Florida: Gabriel Landeskog
4. New Jersey: Sean Couturier
5. New York: Ryan Murphy

Agreed as well. Too early to tell but if this order to change, it would probably be RNH and Larsson switching places.

 

[Jabba11]

Yeah...as long as he remembers to send out QO's.

Haha.true that.

 

[Granlund2Pulkkinen*]

A little OT but how is Hamonic/Ness looking for the Islanders?

De Haan too..

 

[SLAPSHOT723]

A little OT but how is Hamonic/Ness looking for the Islanders?

De Haan too..

Hamonic is looking beastly.

deHaan had a very good year in juniors and will be in the AHL next year.

Ness is meh. I'm not high on him.

 

[S E P H]

A little OT but how is Hamonic/Ness looking for the Islanders?

De Haan too..

I've seen Islanders play a bunch of times this year and Hamonic looked VERY good.

 

[boredmale]

Yeah I agree. But for Florida to have this great defensive prospect pool already + having a Couturier and Bjugstad as their 1-2 centerman + Markstrom as their #1 goalie...damn the future is bright in Florida under Dale Tallon.

Florida is in desperate need of a star forward. Problem with Couturier is I think he will make a great #2C(which is perfect if you have a good #1 guy or star wingers), but I am not sure he is #1C star centerman material which the Panthers desperately need. If I had to think of a perfect match of a player for a team who needs them I think it would be RNH, but he most likely will be gone at 3

I've seen Islanders play a bunch of times this year and Hamonic looked VERY good.

Basing it on his performance in 60+ games I think Hamonic is already a good second pairing defenseman with the potential to be a great #2 guy. One thing that makes drafting defensemen so hard early in the first is it's much easier to find good defefensemen then good forwards in the second round(same can't be said for finding forwards in the second round)

 

[Charlie Milles*]

New Jersey trolls again!

Penalized for the Kovalchuck contract, you say?

 

[petrocelli]

Couturier just seems like a perfect fit for the Devils, so this is how I see it:

Oilers: RNH

Colorado: Larsson

Florida: Landeskog

Devils: Couturier

Islanders: Huberdeau or Strome.... something tells me the Isles scouts will love one of these two kids and they go forward one more time.