RangerBoy said:
TO and Atlanta have the same exact record but TO won the season series 4-0 so TO gets #13 and Atlanta #12
That's the way I had it. I remembered that Toronto slaughtered them head to head, so i knew thay'd get the 13th pick since they had the same amount of wins.
Thansk for the modifications gentlemen - forgot about the divsional winner thing, even tho I disagree with it. i had the lottery order correct at least. LOL
Here's a quick mock up until Montreal's pick:
1/STL Kessel New owners looking for a scoring star and drawing card. Kessel has talent to be best St. Louis homegrown forward since Bernie Federko, perhaps best ever.
2/Pitt Johnson Great fit for team that needs defencemen. Will likely play right away on great young team next season
3/Chi Staal Another great fit - fills need for big talented center. Line of Bell, Staal and Ruutu would be deadly someday.
4/Wash Toews Will be great linemate for Ovy in near future. Fills a need for legitamite number one center prospect
5/Bos Backstrom One-two punch at center with Bergeron gives Bruins hope
6/CLB Mueller He'll be an important piece to top line depth in 2 years along with Zherdev, Nash, Picard and Brule. Will add some size to group.
7/NYI Brassard Yet another team looking for top two center
8/PHO Tlusty - Barnett doesn't mind gambling on a wild card - some have him in top 8 (RLR at least) so it's not a big reach. Phoenix needs offensive talent.
9/MIN Okposo Solid winger rising fast on draft charts. He a Minny boy as well.
10/FLA Williams Keenan likes defence and size - a good fit since they have lots of forward prospects
11/LA Bernier - Lots of good prospects, but still no notable up and coming goalie prospects. Bernier will fill that void. Underrated goalie will be solid NHLer.
12/ATL Sheppard - Happy to see him still there - fills a need for size/grit on the wing
13/TO Frolik -Young power forward prospect - what a concept. Toronto should be thrilled if Frolik drops to them.
14/VAN Little Nice future replacement for Morrison, brings smarts and offensive abilities.
15/ TB Sanguinetti - TB looking for depth on defence. Kubina and Boyle may not be around much longer...they need a quality offensive defenceman in their system.
16/MTL Wishart - Just what the doctor ordered. Doesn't hurt to have another 6-5 defence prospect that can skate to go along with O'Byrne. Imagine a defence someday with Wishart, Komo, O'Byrne, Souray/Rivet, Markov and Emelin. Not a group that many will be messing with.
i'm worried that Tamp will want Wishart however.
To me Bernier and Tlusty are the wild cards. If Los Angeles grabs Bernier at 11, then it increases the odds that Montreal will get a crack at Wishart or Little, perhaps even Frolik if Toronto opts for the local kid in Little. I'm not sold on Sanguinetti, and hope he is gone before Montreal picks.