Dream scenario:
Karlsson leads the team with 80 points.
Zibby breaks through with 75 and becomes a legit 1st line C
Turris & Ryan both get 65
Would be amazing
Health and chemistry can certainly do that.
Karlsson, Turris and Ryan are already close to do that
Zibanejad has been a 40 pts pace forward at 19 & 20 y/o with 3rd line TOI and teammates most of the time, and on the Wing too (not his natural position)
I can certainly see him hit 60 pts with opportunity as soon as he breaks out. Not expecting 75 pts this year though, maybe in a year or two.
People don't see the potential of this team but I do, since I don't care that much about draft position. I mean :
- Drafted Karlsson 15th OA and he was voted 3rd OA in my polls on the main board
- Drafted Wiercioch 42th OA at and he is about to get voted as a late 1st in my polls on the main board. We all know Wiercioch is not progressing and could breakout
- Drafted Zack Smith 79th OA and he will be probably voted as an early 2nd in my polls on the main board
- Drafted Grant 119th OA and will probably be another solid bottom-6 player, not sure where he'd be voted but so far only 69 players from that draft have played more NHL games, so probably in the 3rd round at worse.
- Drafted Borowiecki 139th OA and will probably be a solid 3rd pairing D-man, not sure where he'd be voted but so far only 71 players from that draft have played more NHL games, so probably in the 3rd round at worse.
2008 draft basically : Top-3 pick, late 1st, early 2nd and two 3rd round picks
Anyone want to see 2009?
- Drafted Cowen 9th OA and he will finished 24th OA in my polls on the main board. Voted below his draft position, but that could change as soon as this year.
- Drafted Silfverberg 39th OA and was voted 21st OA in my polls on the main board. We used him as the main piece (~ 50% of value) to get Bobby Ryan, a player who was drafted 2nd OA 4 years earlier
- Drafted Lehner 46th OA and was voted 14th OA in my polls on the main board. Guy hasn't even finished to progress
- Drafted Wideman 100th OA and looks like he will be a journeymen D-man (ala Benoit), not sure where he'd be voted but so far only 81 players from that draft have played at least 1 NHL game, so it's a bit early to tell but my guess would be a 3rd rounder.
- Drafted Hoffman 130th OA, not sure where he'd be voted but so far only 44 players from that draft have played more NHL games, so maybe even a 2nd rounder, depending on how he does this year...
- Drafted Sdao 191th OA, so we'll see, maybe another journeymen
2009 draft basically : 3 first round picks, a 2nd and a 3rd
2010 draft :
- only Mark Stone but will be a huge steal from his 178th OA position
- We also used our first to trade for Rundblad, up his value trememdously, then trade for Turris, who was a top-3 pick 3 years earlier. I dunno where Turris would be voted but probably top-10
So, for 2010 : a top-10 pick and another 1st rounder (we'll see how high Stone can reach)
2011 draft : too early to tell but Zibanejad, Noesen (used to get Bobby Ryan, 25% of value IMO), Puempel, Prince, Pageau, Claesson, McCormick and Dzingel, this draft looks freaking promising
Do I need to explain why I'm also very hopeful on guys like Ceci and Lazar (particularly if the Sens had them very high on their draft list)? As well as Wikstrand, Hogberg, Lindberg, Baillargeon, etc....
