Nave

Don't believe this rumour for a second.

I think we got to do all we can to get Eklund, Clarke, or Hughes. If we can't, the fallback option is trading our pick for Sam Reinhart.

I think we'll trade up.

I'm glad the Kraken moved up, but not to 1st. Would rather see Seattle get the 2nd pick than Anaheim.

We stick with the 9th pick.

I would have lost it if Calgary won.

C'mon, top 2 pick. However, not dropping is a win.

What happened in the residential school was beyond shameful--it's deplorable. The attempted erasure of an entire people and their culture cannot be ignored any longer. As a white man with a bit of Mohawk blood, I have a weird relationship with this history. People chastise me for acknowledging my Native ancestry, saying I am "just white," but I never claim to have Native status--I only want to respect all parts of my ancestry, whether that is Irish, English, Scottish, French, or Native, etc. I remember learning about the Oka Crisis in high school, and remembering how my grandma said she would visit Oka. My best friend in elementary school was 75% Native, but he was told he was "not Native," by someone on a reserve. My best friend's girlfriend is dual status, but looks fairly white, and she is being told she cannot participate in a culture she desperately wants to be a part of. Both of these people had family members who were abused at residential schools and more recently at orphanages. Both have suffered from generational trauma, and it's harder for them to find their generational strengths with people telling them that they are "not really Indigenous." This is part of an erasure of a past led by white people, but also unwittingly by some Natives. I'm not meaning to place blame here--I'm just trying to show how many of us have a connection to this past and are being asked to ignore it. Elizabeth Warren was laughed out of office for even trying to acknowledge that she had Native ancestry. The showrunner of Trickster and director of Inconvenient Indian, Michelle Latimer, was cancelled for "not being Native enough," even though those productions had a virtually all-Native cast, and the writer of the book the movie was based on appeared in the movie. We live in a time fraught with political correctness. Sometimes it is appropriate, but a lot of times it is not helpful. But regardless, of your ethnicity, culture, or creed, you should be outraged at this mass-grave that was discovered. I think of all the sensationalization we've seen, and cannot for the life of me understand why this is not being met with more outcry.

Eeks, you quoted my mistake having Lucas Raymond instead of Holtz . Raymond was the guy I wanted them to get, Holtz was the guy they got. However, Eklund and Holtz did play together on Djurgardens IF, with Eklund getting more goals and points than Holtz did in his Draft +1 season. Hard to believe they'd pass on Eklund. Interesting stuff about Ottawa's scouting department. They've been the butt of many jokes lately cause of their owner, but they have the makings of a very tantalizing prospect pool and young group of players. And, you have to respect how they completely blew it up to rebuild.

Damn, I'm a Devils' fan, and you know more about their scouting department than I do. I think it will go down to whether they want to have two Hughes brothers, or pair Eklund with Alexander Holtz.

I wouldn't be surprised if they took Eklund over Hughes.

I would be happy about a Reinhart trade in most instances. But in that one, I'd be chapped.

I was jus kidding, because Sami had horrible luck. What a warrior though.

That's going too far..

Looks that way. I would have liked to see a top 9 with both Virtanen and Podkolzin though. Oh well.

I'd trade up for Clarke or Eklund.

I meant 'sort of a consensus' as it hopefully reflecting what team scouts think. If we draft at 9, Clarke could conceivably drop to us. However, I don't think we will get him if we're at 10 or 11, unless we trade up. Even at 9 it's a bit of a stretch.

The Central Scouting lists have me giddy. If other scouts agree--and this is a sort of consensus--Clarke or Beniers might be ripe for the picking at our pick. If we draft first or second overall, however, I think we should take William Eklund. Would be hard to pass on Power though.

I remember last year when people were saying it'd take $10M to sign each of them. Now we're saying 6x6. Will be interesting to see how we actually sign em.

Even though they tanked for their team, I was kind of hoping the Oilers would do better.

I think it's likely we'll trade our first for Reinhart or another player. But I also think it's likely Benning will trade up in the draft. I'm expecting him to do an "aggressive" move.

I always got the impression that Benning and Brackett were unified in making picks. But, Benning had the final say.

This protest is embarrassing.

Benning is the best drafting GM we've ever had. I only hope he stops giving out bad contracts.

Could we trade up with Detroit for Clarke or another player we've targeted? They might think they can still get their guy in Wallstedt, and trade back.