Who should Edm draft with their two picks:

[deanmoriarty]

Anyone but Adam Larsson. D-men in the top-5 are way too risky.

 

[deanmoriarty]

Button also said Ellis would have gone top 5 in the 09 draft redo, shortly before the 2010 draft

And he recently said Ottawa should target Larsson because they're in desperate need of a solid prospect on defense

 

[ian09]

Do the other "big" 3 all have a year of development on RNH?

 

[Akonite]

Anyone but Adam Larsson. D-men in the top-5 are way too risky.

I'm fine if the Oilers choose to draft RNH or even Couturier if they believe them to be BPA, but how previous defense prospects have turned out isn't a valid reason to pass on him IMO.

 

[Akonite]

Do the other "big" 3 all have a year of development on RNH?

None of them have an extra year over RNH. Actually Landeskog is the one who is a year behind IIRC.

 

[Tavaresmagicalplay*]

Anyone but Adam Larsson. D-men in the top-5 are way too risky.

Unless it's Adam Larsson.

 

[ian09]

None of them have an extra year over RNH. Actually Landeskog is the one who is a year behind IIRC.

So why in the 2008-2009 season Couturier played almost a full season while RNH could only play 5 games with the age rule?

 

[Roof Daddy]

Because you don't think Edmonton has the pieces to move up?

Likely a case of not many teams in the top 10 willing to move down. But it depends more on where the LA pick falls. If they fail to make the playoffs and its 12-14 we've got a whole different conversation. But after the first 4 picks, I doubt any team decides to move out of 5th-8th. I honestly think most scouts recognize Strome, Murphy, Hamilton and Huberdeau to be potential blue chip prospects and I doubt any team gives up the chance to draft them. No one knows for certain (obviously no one saw Fowler dropping like he did), but I'd say those guys are close to locks for 5-8. And if one of them doesn't go in that spot, it means a team is real big on someone else and wouldn't move from that spot anyway (unless they know they can get them later in the 1st rd - a very risky proposition).

I say trust in Stu. I'd be more interested in acquiring extra picks for the LA pick with his keen eye, that is unless the guy available is too good to give up.

 

[Akonite]

So why in the 2008-2009 season Couturier played almost a full season while RNH could only play 5 games with the age rule?

Oops. Thats what i get for going off memory

Difference in age? (Dec 7 1992 vs April 17 1993) Nugent-Hopkins missed the cutoff date?

 

[Roof Daddy]

Anyone but Adam Larsson. D-men in the top-5 are way too risky.

Yeah, because I'd hate to have Doughty, EJ, Hedman, Pietrangelo, Bogosian or Schenn.

 

[ian09]

Oops. Thats what i get for going off memory

Difference in age? (Dec 7 1992 vs April 17 1993) Nugent-Hopkins missed the cutoff date?

So couturier does in fact have a year of development on RNH???

 

[vico555]

Anyone but Adam Larsson. D-men in the top-5 are way too risky.

+1
sean couturier and a big D like Musil

 

[noBSleafsFAN]

Taylor Hall needs an elite center to play with... either RNH or Couturier would be good fits. Defensive prospects generally take longer to develop and they don't usually impact the game as much as a top center would.

I thought Cogliano was the key to the future

 

[Dr Jan Itor]

If the Wild pick in the 12-15 range (and there isn't anybody we really want there) and the Kings pick falls in the 20-22 range, I could see trade-down as a possibility. I'm not sure if value is right but would LA's 1st + Edm's 2nd for MN's 1st be intriguing?

 

[zjh]

1. Sean Couturier
1b. Musil
2. Colin Jacobs / Myles Bell

 

[thalegion]

I thought Cogliano was the key to the future

Smug... a little smug, I'll have to answer back with Bozak's -25

 

[Bryanbryoil]

I thought Cogliano was the key to the future

Says the Leafs fan, whose team is just bursting at the seams with 1st line centers.

 

[Tavaresmagicalplay*]

Taylor Hall needs an elite center to play with... either RNH or Couturier would be good fits. Defensive prospects generally take longer to develop and they don't usually impact the game as much as a top center would.

Says who?He's got Eberle already. All he needs is a nice two way playmaking center with size.

As for the whole defense takes longer thing. Adam Larsson is a bit of a different situation. Guys already making an impact in a mens league. There's no reason he can't be a top 4 guy next year.

 

[Bryanbryoil]

If the Wild pick in the 12-15 range (and there isn't anybody we really want there) and the Kings pick falls in the 20-22 range, I could see trade-down as a possibility. I'm not sure if value is right but would LA's 1st + Edm's 2nd for MN's 1st be intriguing?

That's a lot to give up, it'd have to be someone that we were extremely high on to give up that kind of ransom, I mean package

 

[Gobo]

I like Oleksiak a lot lately. I'd be happy with Couturier/Oleksiak but if we trade up I really want Larsson and Strome/Huberdeau.

 

[zjh]

Will Alex Plante be ready for the NHL next year? If so, they should get Couturier, they need a big body to replace Penner and compliment the smaller Eberle and Hall.

 

[Gobo]

You know what? Let's make Team Sweden-Oilers edition.

Draft Larsson
Draft Zibenejad

 

[McDNicks17]

Will Alex Plante be ready for the NHL next year? If so, they should get Couturier, they need a big body to replace Penner and compliment the smaller Eberle and Hall.

Plante look overwhelmed on the Oilers the other night. I'm not convinced he has the mobility to be anything more than a bottom pairing D.

 

[McDNicks17]

You know what? Let's make Team Sweden-Oilers edition.

Draft Larsson
Draft Zibenejad

Don't forget Rakell, Klefbom, Nermark and Bengtsson later on.

 

[zeus3007*]

Plante look overwhelmed on the Oilers the other night. I'm not convinced he has the mobility to be anything more than a bottom pairing D.

I'm sure if he is up on the big team next year, it will be to replace Vandermeer in a bottom pair role.