Nalens Oga
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Lol @ Ottawa fans hoping Couturier gets picked before Landeskog and they end up with Landeskog, he'll go top 3.
I agree with part of this but in terms of captain material, Stas/O'Reilly especially/Duchene already have it and apparently Hishon is a "character" player too. Avs will probably take Larsson if Edmonton don't because they have defensive woes. This has more to do with bad coaching though, they don't need Larsson as badly if Elliot/Barrie/Gaunce/Chouinard or two of them are good next year. I also think some of the Swedish dmen are slightly overrated. They might go with RNH just because of him having more star potential if the Oilers select Larsson first. I would be happy with any of those three, preferably the two forwards though.
Here's why I think they shouldn't take Larsson. The Avs have the 11th pick, Larsson is a potential top pairing dman. BUT they have a number one dman in Erik Johnson now, Liles is a bit inconsistent defensively but he can play big minutes and Barrie and Elliot especially have top pairing potential. The Avs with the 11th pick might be able to get Siemens or even Murphy if he drops like Fowler did, they can get a top 4 potential dman with the 11th. They need a winger and a dman, go with Landeskog with the 2nd (maybe RNH but they need a winger) and a dman with the 11th.
2. Colorado: Landeskog (hard-nosed winger over creative centre because they've got Stastny, Duchene, O'Reilly, and Hishon in the system.. plus they pick up captain material with the departure of Foote)
I agree with part of this but in terms of captain material, Stas/O'Reilly especially/Duchene already have it and apparently Hishon is a "character" player too. Avs will probably take Larsson if Edmonton don't because they have defensive woes. This has more to do with bad coaching though, they don't need Larsson as badly if Elliot/Barrie/Gaunce/Chouinard or two of them are good next year. I also think some of the Swedish dmen are slightly overrated. They might go with RNH just because of him having more star potential if the Oilers select Larsson first. I would be happy with any of those three, preferably the two forwards though.
Here's why I think they shouldn't take Larsson. The Avs have the 11th pick, Larsson is a potential top pairing dman. BUT they have a number one dman in Erik Johnson now, Liles is a bit inconsistent defensively but he can play big minutes and Barrie and Elliot especially have top pairing potential. The Avs with the 11th pick might be able to get Siemens or even Murphy if he drops like Fowler did, they can get a top 4 potential dman with the 11th. They need a winger and a dman, go with Landeskog with the 2nd (maybe RNH but they need a winger) and a dman with the 11th.