El Nino's mock draft

[Jabba11]

Don't see Pens drafting a Swede. If we're going to draft a dmen I'd rather go for broke on a guy with more offensive skill than a two-way guy.

I have a feeling that the Penguins are going to pick Phillip Danault from Victoriaville Tigres. A great Q left winger that plays with a lot of passion and has a good skillset. À la Pascal Dupuis.

 

[Pual Statsny]

Well, every draft has had that, Fowler dropped from 3 to 12, Paajarvi dropped to 6 to 10, Myers dropped from 7-13, Alexei Cherepanov (RIP) dropped from 4-17, David Perron dropped from 13-26, Kessel dropped from 1-5, Kopitar dropped from 3-11, Parise dropped from 6-17 (Lots of drops in that draft), Etem dropped from 14-29.

Lots of players rose, Glennie rose from 19-8, Wilson rose up 16-7, McIlrath rose up from 17-10, Niederrieder rose from 11-5, Johansen went up from 8-4, Hishon went from the second round to 17th overall.

You also notice that (with exception to Cherepanov (RIP) and Etem, but they don't really count for obvious reasons), all of the mysterious fallers are either stars or very productive players while the guys that have mysteriously risen are either still great prospects but haven't proven much. I don't know, I think it's interesting.

 

[SaintMorose]

I can think of 2 drafts that the top 8 players where drafted in the top 8(2006 and 2009). I see 2011 being that kind of draft(maybe one guy will fall to spot 9 or 10 at worst)

2006: http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=3784

What ever happened to Derick Brassard's goal tending career?