Dread Clawz
LAWSonic Boom
How did Florida tank? They just sucked. The injuries didn't help.
Anyway:
Edm- RNH
Col- Larsson
Fla- Landeskog
NYI- Huberdeau
Ott- Couturier
If the top 5 order doesn't change.....
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How did Florida tank? They just sucked. The injuries didn't help.
Anyway:
Edm- RNH
Col- Larsson
Fla- Landeskog
NYI- Huberdeau
Ott- Couturier
You don't think Tallon wouldn't want Couturier? I've always thought if anyone was gonna take Couturier up high now it was gonna be Tallon.
If Ottawa's deciding between Strome and Couturier, by the sounds of it, they'll sprint to the podium to take Strome.
It just seemed weird that Vokoun didn't play until the game was meaningless(in terms of draft position)
KittysGotClaws
We See Red
Dread Clawz
LAWSonic Boom
I think he'd like Landeskog more though. He's everything Tallon desires in a player.
Vokoun was out with back spasms. He even left in the middle of one game because of it. He probably shouldn't have played yesterday, but he didn't want to possibly leave the Panthers sitting on the bench. He felt he deserved the start after being here 4 years and who's to argue with that.
Yeah that's what we're afraid of. He's a power forward winger, but he's complete like Toews to me.
Dread Clawz
LAWSonic Boom
Yeah, as far as how Tallon grades out players, Landeskog has everything but speed. But otherwise, he's the prototypical Tallon player. So if he's there when we pick, especially if RNH is gone, I can't see us picking anyone but him.
Menwithouthat tricks
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At the beginning of the year, everyone picked Florida for 30th. They outperformed their talent level and their fall at the end of the year was not tanking.
Colorado, I don't know what was happening with them, would be interesting if eventually, some insider leaked what was going on. Stewart and Shattenkirk for Erik Johnson? (As an Islander fan, I would equate that to Grabner and Hamonic for Bogosian, something that would have the fan base screaming bloody murder). Craig Anderson for Elliot? All the traded Avs did great after leaving, and I read somewhere that there was some bad blood between Anderson and the Avs contributing to his bad season. Had the feel of a house cleaning, and a demoralized team just giving up.
Anyway, that Stewart trade set the Avs back, and I would think that Landeskog is a great fit for them. So I see the draft going:
1) Edmonton - RNH - how can they pass up the local boy ranked at #1
2) Colorado - Landeskog
3) Florida - Couturier
4) Isles - Larsson (maybe they even prefer Hamilton for intangibles)
5) Ottawa - Strome
Kvashinator12
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First off the Islanders aren't taking Huberdeau, and I dont see Tallon passing on Couturier. As far as injuries no team suffered more than the islanders, and they still played hard.
Brewsky
King Of The Ice Mugs
I got a feeling that tonight's gonna be a good- oh wait... I got that feeling too.
Back to back first overalls? Looks like they are trying the "Pittsburgh Penguins guide to rebuilding" close but not the same.
Dread Clawz
LAWSonic Boom
Tallon will select Landeskog is he's available, rest assured. The Panthers played hard all season, there were only a handful of games where they didn't give 100% effort. You don't know what you're talking about. Besides the Isles only finished with 2 more pts. lol, it's not like you have a right to be staring down your nose.
Kvashinator12
Registered User
Actually had the 4th best record in the east hte 2nd half of the season, I actually think we kind of do.
And with New Jersey's win in the final game they go from 6th to 8th. Should be intesting to see how things go.
Just going on basis of team needs
Edmonton - Center or Defense
Colorado - Wingers or Defense
Florida - Forward
Islanders - BPA, although could use an upgrade for 2nd line center(if Bailey doesn't pan out) or another top pairing defense
Ottawa - Forward
Atlanta - Forward
Columbus - top pairing defenseman, forwards
NJ - BPA, as long as they don't play LW
With NJ at 8th though I fully expect Hamilton and Murphy to be drafted in top 8
Just going on basis of team needs
Edmonton - Center or Defense
Colorado - Wingers or Defense
Florida - Forward
Islanders - BPA, although could use an upgrade for 2nd line center(if Bailey doesn't pan out) or another top pairing defense
Ottawa - Forward
Atlanta - Forward
Columbus - top pairing defenseman, forwards
NJ - BPA, as long as they don't play LW
With NJ at 8th though I fully expect Hamilton and Murphy to be drafted in top 8
AwesomePanthers
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"Everyone picked Florida for 30th". No they didn't, most expected the Oilers. Florida always fail at failing, and have for so many years drafted between 7th and 14th. Florida never ends up last. Year after year Florida gets underrated by people here on HF, people that clearly knows nothing about our team. When Tallon trades almost half our defense at the deadline and we have to play with Callahan and Wilson on the backend, of course there will be a lot of loses, but still they played hard and tried to win games. We actually had a pretty decent team coming into the season, but injuries and the deadline completely ****ed us, and the fact that we can never win more than 3 games in a row..
Playing with an AHL line-up because of injuries since the deadline, but still they never stopped playing hard. They just can't finish off the plays, they create a lot of chances, but seem to lack a goalscorer that can score on consistent basis. So we didn't tank at all. I think we were the team with most 1 goal games, but we lost the majority of them. If we could have had some more margins they would have been way higher in the standings.
AwesomePanthers
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Couturier is just as much, or even more a prototypical Tallon player. Big north-american center with a strong two-way game.
shadow1
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I think you mean bottom five.
Look for the Avs to take one of the Swedes. Ideally, I'd love for them to get Larsson. But the Avs beat writer keeps bringing up Landeskog. That means he's hearing about him from the inside frequently, seeing as the guy couldn't tell you what OHL stands for.
Look for the Avs to take one of the Swedes. Ideally, I'd love for them to get Larsson. But the Avs beat writer keeps bringing up Landeskog. That means he's hearing about him from the inside frequently, seeing as the guy couldn't tell you what OHL stands for.
hattrick3518
Registered User
Fill in the blanks:
1. Edmonton: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2. Colorado: Gabriel Landeskog
3. Florida: Sean Couturier
4. Islanders: Adam Larsson
5. Ottawa: Jonathan Huberdeau
6. New Jersey: Ryan Strome
1. Edmonton: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2. Colorado: Gabriel Landeskog
3. Florida: Sean Couturier
4. Islanders: Adam Larsson
5. Ottawa: Jonathan Huberdeau
6. New Jersey: Ryan Strome
- Sean Couturier
I honestly can't see this happening, although in the bigger picture SC might be the perfect center to compliment Hall and Eberle.
YNWA14
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Why can't you honestly see that happening? Couturier has been projected as the #1 overall pick as early as last year. He hasn't slowed down, and he was sick this year. He's still very likely to be #1 on a lot of team's lists.
Couturier seems to have falling on most drank rankings. That being said I see him go 5th at worst.
What injuries? Perhaps I didn't follow them closely enough.
Interesting that Vokoun returned just in time for a meaningless game the day after they clinched 3rd worst. He must be a timely healer.
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