La-La-Laprise said:Good list DSuff88.
I find it strange how a lot of people come on here and say "Team X wont take Player Y because they are loaded at that position"
In the first round a lot of teams pick Best Player. When you get into 2nd round and on teams start to look at position.
GOBRUINS19 said:Queston...how did Bos get Detriots. Boston got a 2nd from LA(stumpel).
La-La-Laprise said:LA - Agree, no one there really.
X-SHARKIE said:agreed, see my mock...but I still say Sharks would not take Montoya. But great mock overall....I love mock drafts...to bad there is no mel keiper of the NHL world.
La-La-Laprise said:Good list DSuff88.
I find it strange how a lot of people come on here and say "Team X wont take Player Y because they are loaded at that position"
In the first round a lot of teams pick Best Player. When you get into 2nd round and on teams start to look at position.
Strongly disagreeLa-La-Laprise said:EDM - Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers has a bright future.
rahan said:Strongly disagree
Duff88 said:I disagree. While he mature he'll learn to stop giving these stupid goals every game. IMO, that's his only problem, if he stop giving that stupid goal, he'll be a good goalie.
Spezza said:Nice work
Could you explain why you see Ottawa taking Berti ahead of say Bickell or Kaspar.
Cheers
Duff88 said:Sorry for my ignorance but who's Mel Keiper?
Duff88 said:My reasonning behind that pick is that the Canucks don't have a strong prospect core, but that their biggest weakness was their lack of good D prospects. Kirill Koltsov being the only one who have a good chance of making it to the big leagues, I thought that Hedman was the perfect pick for Vancouver. I have to admit though that it was close between him and McGrath but he got the edge because of the way he's developping so fast.
Koltsov said:They have plenty of D prospects that have a a chance of making it to the big leagues besides Koltsov:
Tomas Mojzis
Markus Kankaanpera
Brett Skinner
Kevin Bieska
Denis Grot
The Canucks don't need another offensive defenseman, they need Defensive defenseman or talented forwards. What type of player is Oscar Hedman? If he's a defensive defenseman with size it would make sense for the Canucks.
rahan said:Strongly disagree
ducksflytogether said:Think about it. Lets say team X has prospects like Lehtonen and Fleury in net. Maybe throw in a Harding as well. Do you think they're going to take Montoya, just because he's the best player available? To a lesser extent, teams that have good depth at one position won't draft a player who plays that position, just because they're the best available. They'll trade down a couple spots, or draft that player anyway. If they want a player more than one that might be better, teams should go for that player. Minny did with Burns, and that was one of the smartest moves of the draft.
Yes, but for these teams, you don't pass up the chance to have a franchise goalie if you're picking in the top 10 without a franchise skater to pick IMO.La-La-Laprise said:CHI - Crawford, Munro, Leighton, Underhill, Andersson. I know they dont have a franchise guy bot 3 of those guys will be NHLers.
PHX - Lenevue, severly under rated on HF.
ANA - Giguere is 26, and they have Bryzgalov.
NYR - Blackburn!! He is hurt, he will come back strong.
MIN - Harding and not much else.
EDM - Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers has a bright future.
LA - Agree, no one there really.
No I' say Schwarz is not on Lehtonen and Fleury's level. But he's still a franchise goalie IMO. I don't think Harding, Lundqvist and Blackburn are. Leneveu could be one though.Stevex said:Do you think Schwarz is on a par with Lehtonen and Fleury then as genuine franchise goalies?
I'm not convinced that he is any better than many of those prospects - Leneveu, Harding, Blackburn are excellent and there is Henrik Lundqvist too on the Rangers.
ducksflytogether said:Think about it. Lets say team X has prospects like Lehtonen and Fleury in net. Maybe throw in a Harding as well. Do you think they're going to take Montoya, just because he's the best player available? To a lesser extent, teams that have good depth at one position won't draft a player who plays that position, just because they're the best available. They'll trade down a couple spots, or draft that player anyway. If they want a player more than one that might be better, teams should go for that player. Minny did with Burns, and that was one of the smartest moves of the draft.