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2017 Draft Watch

Nik the Trik said:
herman said:
That'd be a nice problem. I just wouldn't mind having too many RHD, as they're more valuable (rarer) around the league and make for stronger trade chips.
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There's a phrase about beggars being impeccable choosers that comes to mind.
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Draft picks are gifts?
 
Nik the Trik said:
There's a phrase about beggars being impeccable choosers that comes to mind.
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Going by the mechanics of the draft, I'm not sure it directly applies, but I understand the point you're making.
 
We will be picking either 17th or 18th.

Unlikely, but hopefully:
Timothy Liljegren

Defenders that might be in our range in rounds 1 and 2:
Miro Heiskanen
Cale Makar
Juuso V?lim?ki
Cal Foote
Conor Timmins
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Erik Br?nnstr?m
Nicolas Hague
Josh Brook
Urho Vaakanainen
Henri Jokiharju

Also open to feeding our pick + prospect to jump into the top 10, say... Detroit's 7th, as they need to rebuild, or JvR to New Jersey for their 5th + whatever because they need affordable scoring and a reason to put bums in seats sooner rather than later.
 
https://twitter.com/307x/status/846728371245592577
www.twitter.com/307x/status/846728371245592577

For Carlton:
https://twitter.com/307x/status/846787106278199297
www.twitter.com/307x/status/846787106278199297
 
herman said:
We will be picking either 17th or 18th.

Unlikely, but hopefully:
Timothy Liljegren

Defenders that might be in our range in rounds 1 and 2:
Miro Heiskanen
Cale Makar
Juuso V?lim?ki
Cal Foote
Conor Timmins
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Erik Br?nnstr?m
Nicolas Hague
Josh Brook
Urho Vaakanainen
Henri Jokiharju

Also open to feeding our pick + prospect to jump into the top 10, say... Detroit's 7th, as they need to rebuild, or JvR to New Jersey for their 5th + whatever because they need affordable scoring and a reason to put bums in seats sooner rather than later.
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Liljegren has actually dropped in a few rankings.  The one on NHL.com now has him listed as the 6th best European skater (http://www.nhl.com/ice/draftprospectbrowse.htm?cat=2&sort=finalRank&year=2017).  If there's any chance he drops that far, I would take him.  Barring that, Cal Foote and Cale Makar I'd be interested in (although the latter is on the smaller size).
 
herman said:
We will be picking either 17th or 18th.

Unlikely, but hopefully:
Timothy Liljegren

Defenders that might be in our range in rounds 1 and 2:
Miro Heiskanen
Cale Makar
Juuso V?lim?ki
Cal Foote
Conor Timmins
Pierre-Olivier Joseph
Erik Br?nnstr?m
Nicolas Hague
Josh Brook
Urho Vaakanainen
Henri Jokiharju

Also open to feeding our pick + prospect to jump into the top 10, say... Detroit's 7th, as they need to rebuild, or JvR to New Jersey for their 5th + whatever because they need affordable scoring and a reason to put bums in seats sooner rather than later.
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It looks like a pretty good year to be drafting mid-1st. There's a sizable pool of promising defenseman prospects from which, hopefully, a good scouting department will find someone who'll turn out. 
 
mr grieves said:
It looks like a pretty good year to be drafting mid-1st. There's a sizable pool of promising defenseman prospects from which, hopefully, a good scouting department will find someone who'll turn out.
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There's always money in the Banana Stand.
 
herman said:
mr grieves said:
It looks like a pretty good year to be drafting mid-1st. There's a sizable pool of promising defenseman prospects from which, hopefully, a good scouting department will find someone who'll turn out.
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There's always money in the Banana Stand.
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Let's light it on fire!  Go Leafs drafting!
 
Nik the Trik said:
Well, that one article was all I needed. Brannstrom it is then.
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I just realized that if the Preds lose in round 2 they'll pick 16th overall and the Leafs will go 2 picks after that.

If that happens and they draft Brannstrom after nabbing Fabbro, Girard, AND Allard last year I will literally burn Nashville to the ground. You with me?
 
CarltonTheBear said:
Nik the Trik said:
Well, that one article was all I needed. Brannstrom it is then.
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I just realized that if the Preds lose in round 2 they'll pick 16th overall and the Leafs will go 2 picks after that.

If that happens and they draft Brannstrom after nabbing Fabbro, Girard, AND Allard last year I will literally burn Nashville to the ground. You with me?
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My hope is they flame out in the 3rd round due to lack of scoring depth, and overreact in the summer by taking JvR for Girard+2018 1st (since their defense is pretty locked in already).
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I just realized that if the Preds lose in round 2 they'll pick 16th overall and the Leafs will go 2 picks after that.

If that happens and they draft Brannstrom after nabbing Fabbro, Girard, AND Allard last year I will literally burn Nashville to the ground. You with me?
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If you think about it, the Preds doing all that last year really just makes them all the more likely to spend this year's draft reaching for unimpressive overagers.

Time is a flat circle.
 
CarltonTheBear said:
I just realized that if the Preds lose in round 2 they'll pick 16th overall and the Leafs will go 2 picks after that.

If that happens and they draft Brannstrom after nabbing Fabbro, Girard, AND Allard last year I will literally burn Nashville to the ground. You with me?
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Crisis averted?
 
herman said:
CarltonTheBear said:
I just realized that if the Preds lose in round 2 they'll pick 16th overall and the Leafs will go 2 picks after that.

If that happens and they draft Brannstrom after nabbing Fabbro, Girard, AND Allard last year I will literally burn Nashville to the ground. You with me?
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Crisis averted?
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For now.
 
5 minutes of Erik Brannstrom highlights from an U18 tournament recently:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGtmjlIzTi0[/youtube]

I hope Lou has his jersey already made up.
 
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