TheFastOne21 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Take your pick and discuss why or why not? Regular Season: Seth Jones: Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM 2012-13 Portland Winterhawks WHL 61 14 42 56 33 46 21 5 10 15 4 Nathan MacKinnon: Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM 2012-13 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 44 32 43 75 45 40 17 11 22 33 12 Jonathan Drouin: Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM +/- GP G A Pts PIM 2012-13 Halifax Mooseheads QMJHL 49 41 64 105 32 48 17 12 23 35 14 Memorial Cup: Games/Goals/Assists/Points/PIMS Nathan MacKinnon Halifax Mooseheads 4 7 6 13 0 Jonathan Drouin Halifax Mooseheads 4 1 8 9 0 Seth Jones Portland Winterhawks 5 2 2 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I think MacKinnon may have worked his way back into being the number one favourite with his amazing Memorial Cup performance, but the AV's need a defender more so Jones will still likely go 1st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRussianRocket. Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Mackinnon deserves to be #1 but Colorado will take Jones just cause he's the hometown boy and cause he's a dman, what they lack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex the Great Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Mackinnon is officially #1 but Seth Jones will be taken 1st overall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JensenFan2011 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Col could always trade down to number 2 and still get jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g_bassi13 Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Seth Jones is going to be taken, and the Avalanche will have made the right decision. Can pretty much guarantee he's going first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durl Dixsun Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Drouin #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFastOne21 Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 I think Jones as a Dman doesnt get the credit deserved in relation to Drouin or MacKinnon. You really cant go wrong with any of them. Jones has the talent to be a top flight defenceman. MacKinnon is a pure goal scorer. Drouin makes everyone around him better. Personally to me I believe that Drouin is the best of the 3. His vision and ability to see the play before it happens is hard to find in a player. He makes everyone better on the ice and is a stud player. MacKinnon is a fantastic goal scorer but is more of a 1 man army than Drouin. He reminds me of Kesler in that sense. It will translate well to the NHL but I would like to see him use his linemates better. Jones is a supremely athletic player with size to go with it. That will bode well in the bigs. His stats arent as flashy but he is a defenceman. I think he is the number 1 pick based on COL needs a dman but also because he has that potential to be something special. My only gripe with him having been to most of the Winterhawks home games is that he shy's away from contact. He will throw a hit but he avoids taking hits. That is good but he needs to know that he will get hit and that it is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xbox Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Drouin #1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I think MacKinnon showed us what he's capable of in the Memorial Cup, whereas Drouin wasn't nearly as dominate. I have a feeling Mackinnon will put up Tavares like numbers in the NHL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apples Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Seth Jones, based on the overall performance and Avalanche needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Mackinnon deserves to be #1 but Colorado will take Jones just cause he's the hometown boy and cause he's a dman, what they lack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 @kevin_mcgran 3m With Patrick Roy installed as coach and uber-hockey-decision guy (but not GM) of Avs, hearing it's more likely COL goes for Nate MacKinnon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drouin Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Wouldn't be surprised if the Avs chose MacKinnon. Hearing they might considering trading the pick a month from now as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFastOne21 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 Interesting. What would they be looking for??? Edler for 1st overall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langdon Algur Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 @kevin_mcgran 3m With Patrick Roy installed as coach and uber-hockey-decision guy (but not GM) of Avs, hearing it's more likely COL goes for Nate MacKinnon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFastOne21 Posted May 30, 2013 Author Share Posted May 30, 2013 While it makes sense for Roy to look to the Q, since he obviously has seen MacKinnon play a number of times the AV's already have Duchene, O'Reiley and Statsny in the Club. All of them are pretty young so I'm not sure where MacKinnon would fit unless they trade a centre. I can't see the AV's passing on the local boy Jones either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 @reporterchris 20s Seth Jones and Nathan MacKinnon won't participate in fitness testing at the combine tomorrow. No guarantee Jonathan Drouin will either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Droiun is the best offensive forward. Mackinnon is the best all-around forward. Jones is the best all-around defender. All 3 players have the potential to be elite players in the NHL, and I don't think picking one of them over the others can really come back to haunt Colorado in anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vintage Canuck- Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 @mikemorrealeNHL: So #nhldraft prospect Nathan MacKinnon 'would love to play for' Patrick Roy, Avalanche. http://t.co/JXmA3MLjlc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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