KyGuy123

All we can do is hope he has excellent health and no setbacks as a Prospect (kill the Canuck curse) People who mention Juolevi, it’s injuries that set him back and ultimately led to him becoming a bust.

This is probably a Raty place holder or at least let’s him develop another year.

We definitely have a trade up our sleeve for a RHD or 3rd line Center

Sandpaper is what we added. Guys who aren’t afraid to sacrifice the body and PK/block shots. I’d call this a huge win if we somehow replace Myers with Tanev in separate moves.

If we give out 3 years max term and a bunch of 1 year deals with Cole, Blueger, Myers, Pearson that’s around 15 million free cap space next year and lots more options with Boeser with one year left and Garland 2 years left with the Cap rising. With Willander drafted and Lekkerimaki coming on strong late we might have shored up our Defence quite nicely.

I think we are working on a trade here at this point.

Prices only go up when there are less options on the table.

No doubt Cole and Soucy are asking for more money and term after watching everyone else go. PA has dropped the ball waiting here.

Wow not at that price.

Taxs

I don’t want him so it means he’s coming

Gudas, Cole, Carson

Crap on McLeod I guess Geekie or trade

McLeod come on guys

Much needed player in the system. BPA wasn’t a positional need at Benson and I’m glad we took RHD

Great pick and positional impossible to acquire

My exact list.

Willander and Danielson are my 2 picks who should be there. I’d be happy with either or at this point as they are both RHS Premium positions with Size, Skating and defensive ability. If we don’t get either there will be some great players on the board who fell and would probably be no brainer BPA at that point. 6 more sleeps!!!

He played in SKA with Podkolzin and Kuzmenko

Maybe before they got rid of Samsonov and Orlov. Kuznetsov is on the trade block and Ovi’s contract is up at the same time as his in Russia. By the time he comes over he might be the only Russian there.

Yzerman at 9 will be taking the faller of BPA at forward. I’m confident we will be drafting Willander if there isn’t some sort of agreement with Michkov. Simishev could be a wildcard and to me Willander and Simishev are interchangeable and both a need. We need players who can defend and play defence.

Speed/mobility: Check Size: Check Hockey IQ: Check Premium position: Check Great Program: Check Tom Willander is our guy and he fills a ton of needs and you could probably slot him long term next to Hughes as one of the most mobile defence pairings in the league. If he’s on the board still this is our pick with all the rumored interest on our side (thank god) Time to rebuild the defence like promised.

I heard a report they were not as impressed with him after last season and the playoffs. Again, I don’t have a source but if my memory serves me right it was reported.

I don’t see a scenario where we aren’t taking one of the big 4 Dmen in this draft. Willander seems to be the logical choice and there is reported interest. Simishev being a Milstein client is 100% in the fold and I wouldn’t be surprised if they have spoken to the big Russian. Reinbacher is the pipe dream least likely outcome of being there. ASP is at a high value position and has tons of talent. I see Dvorsky being the only player available to throw a wrench in things if still on the board.

For everyone saying we should have retained on OEL for 4 years instead of the buyout for 8, OEL had a NMC and declined to waive it twice. He wasn’t going anywhere, anytime soon other than a buyout. I can see us using our 11th overall to draft a Dman (Willander) so in years 3 and 4 we have a ELC contract when we owe $4.7 million towards the Cap (two biggest buyout years owed) There has been a lot of smoke around the Rangers for a few years and I could see something around one of Schneider, Miller, Lafrenier coming our way.