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While I'll be happy with almost anyone rated around 5, I'm leaning towards Glass. I can see the Scheifele comparison, and would give him the same treatment. Few people thought Scheif would become the player he is now, and if Glass can come close to that it's a huge win.

If after the lottery, we're sitting 4th and Buffalo is in the 7/8/9 range, would anyone be against a trade of Tanev/4th overall for Reinhart/1st? Or something of that ilk. I'd be fine with Necas, Petterson or Makar in that late top 10 range

We clearly have very different opinions on Villardi. Personally, I hope we don't draft him. That said I would take: McDavid - Draisaitl Eichel - ROR Kopitar - Carter Over two clones of Horvat (and I love Bo).

Not even close.. Petty sure Edmonton, Buffalo, LA, and a few others would still be ahead of us. If we got Patrick or Hersh, then maybe in a few years.

Does anyone know if Rodin is waiver eligible? Depending on how he's healed, he may need to start the year in Utica.

We should send him to Alaska. I doubt he would crack the Comets, but at least we would have a better control over his development.

There will be an opportunity for OJ to step up with 2 (possibly 3) of their top scorers (by a wide margin) gone. I wonder if he will be given more of a green light to jump up with the rush and be more of a catalyst offensively.

Lockwood is a complete unknown to me.. so I can't really comment too much on him. Personally, I was hoping we would grab one of Dineen, Bitten or Greenway, but I can live with this pick. Going the college will definitely benefit him. He will need to bulk up and Michigan is a great place to do that. Hopefully in 3ish years he'll be ready to step into the AHL.

I like this pick. I wasn't ever really sold on Tkatchuk, though I do think he will still be a solid player for Calgary. Juolevi fits our needs in the short and long term, with the potential to be something really good -- probably not a Norris winning defenseman, but you never know

I think what we will see is Miller/Markstrom next year -- hopefully a 50/50 split if not more games for Markstrom. Then we sign a Scrivens type backup to a 1 or 2 year contract -- someone who could pass through waivers, but still provide competition to Demko and play 30ish games, with Demko getting a call-up or two and getting 10ish games. Finally we have a Markstrom/Demko duo in three years. That gives Demko 2-3 years in the AHL (potentially only 1 if he wins job in 17/18), and hopefully he gets a couple of call-ups in between to get some NHL experience.

I love that he only needs that split second to be deadly. He could dog it all game, but give him a small opening and bang! It's in the back of the net. I can't remember the last time we had someone that dangerous with the puck.

Can the Canucks sign him for the remainder of the year and have him recover with team doctors? I'm not sure if that would aid his recovery time, but it would give him an opportunity to immerse himself into the team for next year.

I think a financial reimbursement to the CHL club from the NHL team (essentially the NHL team would 'buy' the rights to the player) plus the CHL club would received some sort of compensatory pick in the bantam draft, would help smooth over the loss of one or two top players.

I don't know if we can get them to release him, but we could pressure them to trade him to another team. Minnesota did that with Dumba a few years back. Basically they told Red Deer "Trade him and get some assets for him or we're keeping him all year and you get nothing for him." He was then traded to Portland and sent back to the WHL.

If he can stay healthy, I would welcome him back. He'll be 25 in November, so he still has a few (potentially) good years ahead of him. I could see him coming over at 26 or 27 for one last shot at the NHL, much like Soderberg.

While I think Jake could handle 9-12 minutes per game at the NHL level, I just think there aren't enough 'sheltered' spots available. Baer, and Vey will both need sheltered minutes -- and to some degree Horvat as well (as good as he was last year, he is only 20). Add in guys like Prust and Dorsett, who are great role players, but we don't want them playing more than 12 minutes a game either. That's 5 guys that will average 12ish minutes or less per game without Jake.

The fact that he is buried so deep in the Russian system, I wonder how hard it would be to convince him to come to NA to play in the chl?

As swift pointed out above you, one report says he has a great shot while another says he doesn't have a booming shot. I take this as he has a good release (how fully accurate), but its just not a powerful shot. I can live with that. Just get it on net. We've had enough defensemen with big shots that can't hit the broad side of a barn

Sounds like he could be a bit of a sleeper pick. Good mobility. Good shto - even though he doesn't seem to use it enough. Captain as a 17 year old. Plus he was somewhat hidden on a bad team. Definitely not a sexy name like Kylington, but this guy could be pretty good.

Brisebois is a 6-2, 180lb defenceman. Had 28 points in 63 games last season. Was also captain of his team as a 17-year-old.

I'll take that action! I doubt we will go ahead with Miller/Lack, as the cost to re sign Lack will be too much to have him in a back-up role. Even if Lack signs a Schneider like deal (3 years 4M per), that would mean we have 10 million tied up in goaltending. Not exactly a winning formula.

I agree Horvat is not ready for second line duty, at least offensively. He definitely has the potential for it though, but I would put him 2-3 years away from being a lock for 2C. Ideally for me, Benning goes out and grabs a 2C this offseason. Hank - 2C - Bonino - Horvat would be solid centre depth

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