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Except hes better backwards and has a better skill set....way better.
You ever watch Kris Russell play junior hockey?
Except hes better backwards and has a better skill set....way better.
He's closer to Ray Bourque than Kris Russell..soooo
I sure hope you arent expecting Ray Bourque
He's closer to Coffey than Bourque....
Lets be realistic here, he's a good young prospect, who is extremely talented...but Bourque....coming from a Bruins fan....
Kris Russell was a pretty prolific junior too, with unreal skating.....thats got him....
just read some posts on Murphy all over the net...and I can't understand why people are saying he's high risk.high reward high bust potential. This guys has all the tools more than anybody including Larssens. This kid has not only perform well...he has dominated more so than any other D-man available to be drafted..and that makes him high risk/bust potential more so than any other d-man or for that matter any player...the only other player so far that has manhandled their leagues has been RNH..he turned it on in the second half.
oh..i see.. 179Ibs and 5'10 is the main cuz for alarm.....R U KIDDING ME....he's freaken 17 yrs old...and even if he doesn't turn in to the jolly green giant....he'll be able to skate rings around the rink and while being coached to play solid postional D..ala Brian Leetch.
I'm telling you..the teams that pass on this kid will regret it....
and what makes me such an expert....i have a crystal ball..lol
and no i wasn't paid by don cherry..lol
Too bad for the Islanders that Colorado will pick before them. There's probably a 50% chance Colorado passes on any of the big 4 that are left just to draft Murphy. Our fetish for undersized PMD is legendary and our scouts have a "crazy like a fox" attitude about them as well.
The Isles are in position with alot of real good prospects plus a very very young roster to be able to take a wing for the fences. from what it sounds like Murphy could be the most skilled in the entire draft. I would not be surprised the Isles take the gamble
Agree with your thinking but I don't think its necessarily swinging for the fences to get a second first round pick...remember we have 2 2nd round picks..lets say 35th and 50th..and lets not forget we have Nabby just waiting to be traded (Detroit). I believe he can be traded once the season over without going thru waivers again..I have to double check that though. Presumely that would give us 3 chips to trade for a second 1st rounder. If we were to swing for the fences at least in my mind this is my version.
1) we pick at 5 = Murphy
2)we trade our 2012 1st round pick, our 2nd round pick (35) along with A. Ness to land a pick between 6-10 to get D. Hamilton. ...why would we do this because essentially we would be getting a "draft pick advance" if you will,.. on next yrs draft..we don't have to wait another year to get a quality big 2-way d-man and we give up out 2012 1st round pick which = a wash, plus give up our 2nd (35) and maybe the 50th and A.Ness which will be totally expendable because of getting Murphy as compensation for the advance. A team may go for that...can't say which team as of yet cuz the draft order isn;t set
3) we trade Nabby and our 3rd round pick (65) to Detroit to get their 1st rounder which will be 20th -30th. We try and land Rattie or Kohklev (sp) or Bartschi.
Now that would be swinging for the fences and I don't think its all that far fetched or impossible to do but highly unlikely
No its impossible and far fetched