Who do you think the Wings will get with their first pick?
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Man, you joke, but no lie Kyle Quincey would be the 3rd best defender on this team. And depending on how DeKesyer is playing, maybe 2nd.
Frk It
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I'd honestly be very happy with either of those guys.
I really, really, really, really doubt it. But I could see the Wings liking someone like Poehling or Bowers.
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Pettersson, would love Hischier but don't think Wings will even get a top 5. Also, if Kenny trades someone like Vanek for a 1st, Cal Foote could be another great addition
Tippett, just because I expect we'll take a W. Mittlestadt would be my second guess.
After we trade down to let someone else take Liljegren, that is.[/pessimism]
After we trade down to let someone else take Liljegren, that is.[/pessimism]
DeYarmond Edison
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After watching the Lions do this every year, I'm convinced the Wings are going to win a bunch of games in the final month and end up picking like twelfth. That schedule over the last month is really easy. Probably just the cynic in me, and obv I hope I'm wrong.
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I think the Wings outthink themselves sometimes and this is exactly the guy they would do it on. Another guy I could see them taking in the top 3 that many wouldnt would be Rasmussen.. A player who could move up as we get closer
I believe they have to take a C in the top 10 unless a D is a cant miss. I dont see one in this draft.
Tom McCollum. But that's because he is garbage.
Smith spent 2.5 season in AHL
Kindl spent 3 seasons and parts of others in the AHL. Again, he wasn't good.
Yan Golubovsky spent 4 seasons in the AHL. But again, he was garbage.
I stopped at the 1988 draft because most users on this site weren't even born then.
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My guess is what I think the organization will do and my guess is they'll go with Vilardi. He ticks off most of the boxes for what the Wings like: could be a center, big body, good work ethic, etc. He just seems like a very safe pick and the Wings have shown in recent drafts that they like the safe picks. Vilardi and Mantha could make up a nice line that would be able to withstand the rigors of a tight checking league.
Dotter
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I voted other: Lias Andersson
A decent, not great 2-way forward. He's an overage and isn't big; he's average size at 6-foot.
But he looks like he could become a solid two-way top 6er that any coach will love to have. He should go top 10 and is a safe pick.
A decent, not great 2-way forward. He's an overage and isn't big; he's average size at 6-foot.
But he looks like he could become a solid two-way top 6er that any coach will love to have. He should go top 10 and is a safe pick.
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I like how we're positioned in this draft. Bad enough that we have a shot at the #1 if we get lucky in the lottery, but even if we're unlucky we could be picking around where Liljegren or someone of his level is anyway. Gonna have an exciting young player next season to follow. Will almost undoubtedly be our best prospect in a long time.
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When has he ever done that? Ever?
He does that when he's picking 25th or later and by that point in most drafts there isn't much difference between that and the guy taken 35th.
Since 2002, the Wings traded a first for 2 seconds or a second and a third in 2011 (picking 24th, forgoing Matt Puempel), 2009 (picking 29th, forgoing Carter Ashton), 2006 (forgoing Chris Summers, a Michigan boy, picking 29th), 2002 (picking 30th, forgoing Jim Slater).
Holland has NEVER traded a pick for multiple later picks unless he was at the absolute tail end of the first round and frankly, you might be better off with two bites at the apple at that point instead of the one late 1st.
When has he ever traded a top ten pick to move back into the second round? The answer is never.
When has he truly reached on a guy with a higher pick? Kindl was supposed to be a damn good player when he was taken 19th. Brendan Smith was a Hobey Baker finalist when he was taken in the first round. Sheahan was a solid defensive center and as recently as two years ago had a 36 point year... in Detroit, no less.
Stop talking out of your ass. Holland messes up enough and has enough actual warts on his resume that you don't have to resort to making them up.
2016?
O sorry he isn't in the ahl yet but everyone says 5 years minimum before he is NHL ready.
I really want Liljegren. It was a pipe dream at first, but we could legitimately get him. The fact that he is dropping in some rankings is great, and increases our chances at getting him. Hopefully he's available when we pick, and if he is it seems like a no brainer.
Dotter
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Do you think he would be better than Riley Sheahan though...?
Based on scoring, or defensive side of the puck? He could be better, he could be worse. Who knows.
He very well could become the 3rd line center that bumps Sheahan to the 2nd line. Who knows.
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He isn't in the AHL yet; how do you know he'll be there five years other than projections?
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