I love that Detroit lost the 1st rounder. Great work ESPN!
What the ****? The Rangers pick 17th, jackasses.
ESPN is ajoke.
Since when does Montreal have the 24th overall pick?
mark seidel should get fired
I got no idea why he a former ISS scout
No way Hamill goes at 23. Turris will be a top 3 pick - maybe 4th at the worst, and some may think Gagner goes too early in that draft.
Aside from that I think it's decent.
I got no idea why he a former ISS scout
Classy move of you to come here in the midst of a flamewar and explain the situation. I was actually coming here to point out the flawed draft order as well but decided to read the entire discussion before I did, now I'm happy I did so. It sucks that ESPN delayed the release of your mock because if this had come out when it was supposed to, it would have been much better received. However, since it's been delayed, a lot of prospects that have been rising in the rankings lately were left out and players who have been free falling went higher than most expect them to.Ladies, Gentlemen and others...
I apologize for upsetting everybody with the attached Mock Draft but There are a couple factors that need to be explained before the HF readers banish me to the woodshed forever...:}
First of all, this Mock Draft was completed at the conclusion of the Under 18 Championships and I specifically asked that a caveat be attached indicating that the Draft order was significantly different then the way the article was listed. At the time of the writing of the Mock Draft, that was the order that ESPN gave me and it was to be posted then but for some reason, they kept delaying it until it appeared yesterday. I sent a note indicating that I wanted to edit it after the order became finalized but I didn't get a reply. As for the attacks on me, they are fine because they are peoples opinions but please note that I didn't get fired from ISS and for some unknown reason, I do have some credibillity in the scouting world despite my best efforts to destroy it... If people object to my evaluations, that is great and be assured your thoughts do interest me but I thought I had to defend ESPN and myself and explain the reasons for the errors when it came to the Draft Order...Anyhow, keep up the great work and keep up the arguments against my evaluations coming because although I'm not going to change my evaluations, I think some of the posters make some great points...
Enjoy this weekend...
Mark
What the ****? The Rangers pick 17th, jackasses.
ESPN is ajoke.
Eller would be a dream selection if he lasted to us at 25. I'd be doing cartwheels down Robson if Nonis took Eller.Jovo...
You make some very good points and thanks for the comments...I will say that your point about O'Brian being Kesler light may be valid but instead of White, I'd think that Nonis would love Lars Eller in that spot...Slick, skilled Centre...It'll be interesting...
Enjoy the weekend...
Mark