Klein was pretty solid. Not sure where we got him but we had Timmonen as well before being traded to Philly. Also had the guy who would eventually pass away on that airplane crash in Russia ( I can't believe his name is slipping my mind, he eventually got traded to Colorado I think) but once again that may have been the entry draft.Ottawa sucks at drafting. Nobody drafts defensemen better than Nashville since they've been in the league. Hamhuis, Weber, Suter, Jones, Josi, Ekholm, Ellis. Am I missing anyone?
Girard.Ottawa sucks at drafting. Nobody drafts defensemen better than Nashville since they've been in the league. Hamhuis, Weber, Suter, Jones, Josi, Ekholm, Ellis. Am I missing anyone?
The team thought he would become the better player. There is no other reason.Jared Cowen
Ryan Ellis
Ellis absolutely killed it in his draft season. Sure he was on a great team, but Ellis made the team great. Cowen was also on a very stacked Spokane team and yet had almost zero offense. Yes size mattered especially back then, but still size didn't matter to the point where a player who outscored another player 7x would be picked lower. Ellis was also only a little over 3 weeks older than Cowen so age is irrelevant.
Was it attitude? Maybe it's just me but I remember Ellis was considered a very humble, polite, intelligent on and off the ice, and gentlemanly person on a TSN/Sportsnet (Forget which one) show back in 2009. Cowen was practically unheard of. Sure Cowen wasn't considered a person with a bad attitude, but there was nothing to prove he was a better person than Ellis either, so that can't be the factor can it?
Hindsight is 20/20.
2008 NHL Draft
3 - Zach Bogosian
5 - Luke Schenn
6 - Nikita Filatov
10 - Cody Hodgson
13 - Colten Teubert
15 - Erik Karlsson
he wasn't really. 21 points in 48 games leading into the draft isn't really impressive. when you say stud referring to dmen in juniors I generally think you should be referring to point per game dmen, or close to.Cowen before he tore his acl would have probably gone higher. He was an absolute stud in the minors.