Is big Fred still eligible for the Canadian world junior team?
I think it's really close between Nylander and Ehlers, I got the impression we were going to draft either one of them at 8, and if they were both gone we were dropping down a few for Larkin.
Can you explain why you think there is a big gap (>>) between them?
I think it's more like splitting hairs than >>
Nylander is >> than Ehlers because the Leafs picked him , had we picked Ehlers he would have been >> Nylander.
Couldn't be more wrong. I have been going on about Nylander since September in the draft thread.
How about don't ****ing assume things
That's so far from the truth
You have no clue what I would do :
If you ask any of the regular draft posters who my favorite prospect from this draft was, they would all say Nylander.
And no, I wouldn't be pumping Ehlers like Nylander just because we drafted him because 1. I was pumping Nylander LONG before he was a Leaf, and before we were even in a position to draft him.
Get off your damn horse son
what i liked about the nylander highlight was that he backchecked. i liked ehlers as well, (so i guess like other fans i was thinking like the scouting staff), but if we dropped to get any of fiala/fleury/milano and ho sang/ mccann, i would have been fine.
i think this draft year will be better than last, but we'll see.
my preference would have been bennett then nylander then ehlers. i question draisaitl's skating, ekblad would have been great to replace phaneuf eventually (or sooner), virtanen has a lot of attributes but we do need a high end center who has great vision.
I didn`t say weren`t pimping him before the draft , i just say said you`d be pimping whoever we took after the draft and judging by your 12000 plus posts that`s a fair assumption .
If you want to be considered an objective poster then you should start posting objectively and in this case there`s no way to know Nylander is a far greater prospect than Ehlers at this time.
Also if you`re going to run around threads pimping-defending-making excuses for pretty much every move the team makes don`t be shocked when people don`t take your opinion seriously .
I think Draistal will be one hell of a player.How can anyone question Draisatl's skating. His skating is fine. He isn't Kessel, but he sure isn't Clarkson either. I think these things get blown out of proportion far too much
The way i see it, this draft had Ekblad all alone at the top, then 6 other comparable prospects behind him - reinhart, bennet, draisatl, dalcolle, nylander, ehlers.
I'm stoked we got one of those six, and i don't think we can say any of them clearly have an edge over the others......though i will say i'm glad that our member of the six is the kid whose skill and skating is second to none of the others.
but a well rounded center >>> an elite scoring winger. (toews> kane even though kane puts up more points)
in my opinion ekblad will be the worst out of all of them. a lot of people think he has #2 defenseman upside like a seabrook or an ej or even a phaneuf. of course he may turn out better but i have a hard time seeing him ending up like doughty, pietrangelo or a hedman type.
as for the rest, i think reinhart/bennett/draisatl are going to be unbelievable at the nhl level. all 3 are defensively responsible an have high offensive potential. dal colle/nylanders/ehlers might have more purely offensive upside but a well rounded center >>> an elite scoring winger. (toews> kane even though kane puts up more points)
The way i see it, this draft had Ekblad all alone at the top, then 6 other comparable prospects behind him - reinhart, bennet, draisatl, dalcolle, nylander, ehlers.
I'm stoked we got one of those six, and i don't think we can say any of them clearly have an edge over the others......though i will say i'm glad that our member of the six is the kid whose skill and skating is second to none of the others.
You don't consider Toews an elite centre, only well rounded?