Provided we stay at number 4 , Hughes, Wahlstrom and Boqvist are the only logical options. It's between those 3, simple as that. I think i'm going Wahlstrom personally, we need skill up front.
I don’t know who came up with this and who approved it but it is very messed up!
AZ have more % for the top pick then they do for #2 or #3... and they are the only team like that. What??
Max is not from New York, he is from ConnecticutMaybe Montreal picks Walhstrom with their 1st rounder and, when Islanders surprise everyone by re-signing Tavares, they trade Pacioretty to his home state for one of the Islanders' 1st round picks (10th or 12th, pre-lottery). With that pick, they choose Veleno!
Wahlstrom and Veleno in the first round and, with their 2nd rounders galore, MTL loads up on Ds. I wouldn't be upset by that, personally. Would be a bit rough on D again next year (unless they somehow signed Carlson) and MTL would need to patch the C-line with medium term UFAs (Stasny, Bozak?)
Everyone thinks Tavares, but what if Montreal spent the big cash on Carlson instead and traded Petry and picks for some help at C until Veleno and Poehling matured? By then, perhaps the C Petry is trade for is still around and Danault is traded. Who knows.
Drouin - ??? - Gallagher
Galchenyuk - Stasny/Bozak - Scherbak
Hudon - Danault - Lehkonen
Byron - Evans - Shaw
Alzner - Carlson (reunited)
Mete - Weber
Schlemko - Juulsen
How long you figure before he can play in the NHL? I see he's a righty.
No?We're winning the lottery. You heard it here first.
The worst we can do is pick 5th.
System was devised to help make sure tanking and teams like the Oilers stop getting 1ovr picks, so you just know they’ll somehow win the lottery.
I honestly think the Habs have a shot at Dahlin. I don't know why, but I've got a feeling about it... Who knows? If they don't win the lottery, I figure the Habs will take Bouchard. He's a right handed shot defenseman which both Bergevin and Timmons love, he's played for the London Knights (another Timmons and Bargain Bin plus) and he's played with Mete before.
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I think people haven't seen enough of Boqvist. Hughes is a good choice but undersized. He's not built like PK Subban or Drew Dougthy. It's basically a Clayton Keller version of a defenceman. In the new NHL, undersized offensive puck moving defenceman can thrive.
It's hard. Honestly, Brady Tkachuk hasn't been scoring a lot at every level. But, he's a gamer and a player that impacts the game. I think he can develop better and our attack needs a power forward like him. He's overrated because of his last name but I think that people don't give him enough credit for his skillset with that size. His hockey sense is probably among the best of his class and he has soft silky hands around the net. I think I'd go with Brady Tkachuk or Adam Boqvist.