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  1. Chicken Lil is a Lil loosey Goosey don't mind him.
  2. Overall I'm pretty happy Makar was my first choice and Pettersson 2nd so considering Makar was gone this was my best case scenario. Good pick JB he and Dahlen are gonna be dynamic
  3. Not super interested in Urho guys of his ilk can be dug out of late rounds or go undrafted see Tanev.
  4. Wouldn't sour me on taking him. Has he signed a contract to do so? I would think that the team picking him would have some sway in the outcome of that decision but no matter where he plays after the draft I think he would be my choice from a team need standpoint though the BPA maybe Vilardi/Glass.
  5. I predict the Draft will go down like this. 1 Nico 2 Nolan (prototypical PHI player) 3 Heiskanen Best overall fit for Dallas Low risk most ready LSD which they need. 4 Glass (Colorado needs a 2 way center to build around for the future.) That leaves us our pick of Vilardi, Makar, Mittelstadt, Pettersson any of whom I would be thrilled with however I'm hoping for Makar. Possibly the best skater in the draft with the highest skill ceiling in the draft RHD PPQB basically ticks all the boxes for our team needs. A center would be great but I would say the benifit of a 1.2 punch of Juolevi Makar Pairing on D heavily outweighs the benefit of Horvat+ Vilardi/Mittelstadt/Pettersson at fwd. I'm not sure there is a guy you build around in that fwd grouping. We have seen that if your Offense starts with your defense teams can be successful but if your team is built around your fwds especially if they are young whithout the support from the d the road to winning is far more rocky(EDM, COL, CAPS). Horvat could be our #1c if Juolevi Makar tilt the ice for him. If Dallas/Colorado does take Makar my pick would be Pettersson who aside from being IMO the most skilled of the players left will also be AHL eligible where he can continue to develop his chem with Dahlen who I believe will make a great impact soon.
  6. My prediction top 5. 1 NJ Nico 2 PHI Patrick 3 DAL Heiskanen 4 AVS Vilardi Which leaves Van with a pick of Mittelstadt, Makar, Glass I like all 3 but would choose Mittelstadt. He's exactly what we need a 1c with tremendous creativity Glass seems like another Bo Horvat which is a great pick but we already have BO and Makar is pretty risky but any of the 3 I would be happy with.
  7. That's fine if we have Patrick and Horvat Mittelstadt might be just what the doctor ordered.
  8. If Patrick falls to 3rd I would pay Tanev to Dallas for the pick and take Patrick and whichever of Vilardi Mittelstadt is still on the table load up on Cs this draft and go for a D next year
  9. Absolutely he would have rushed Ehlers too Mccann and Virtanen had no buisness in the NHL.
  10. Natural progression we can add the beef to the line up when we are closer to competing. Short term I'd like to see Baer, Goldie, Dahlen, Rodin, Boeser, Granlund, Boucher duke it out in our top 9 for who is gonna stick in the top 6. Once we have a future top 6 inject Virtanen maybe grab E Kane and a Matt Martin type and take a run at winning something.
  11. Nylander and Virtanen are very different players comparing the 2 I don't believe is productive. I concede Virtanen hasn't been an offensive force in the AHL yet. That's not really what he's being asked to learn in the AHL. The things he needs to work on are easier to fix than foot speed or shooting ability. If he can put it all together the upside is way higher than Nylander that said Virtanen could amount to the next Jack Skille. It appears Virtanen is taking his medicine we will find out if it worked in October.
  12. I don't necessarily agree. I will agree that they aren't top end top 6 scorers. However if our bottom 6 consists of the Sedins, Goldobin, Virtanen Sutter Dorsett we might just be ok with Bae and Granlund in our top 6.
  13. It doesn't matter who JB picks somebody is gonna loose their bowels. I like Casey M over Gabriel V personally but what if JB passes on Nolan what if he grabs a D or reaches for Necas, Suzuki? No matter what he does people are gonna be crying foul!
  14. Yes the Czech Extraliga their 2nd tier mens league is good what he has shown is impressive.
  15. Kid just lost 15 lbs and had a bad night in Ana let him sit and chew on a few steamers. Your not gonna develop the kid by driving Kesler and Getz over him repeatedly. Give him a lil time to get his strength back.
  16. We aren't gonna be that tough at fwd for a while maybe Virtanen steps up, maybe Dorsett makes a full recovery and comes back better than ever, maybe Cramberry makes the jump to top 9 but those are big maybe's. Having Gud, Tram, Sbisa on D will be very important while Bae, Goldobin, Granlund, Boeser, Boucher, Dahlin etc audition to fill our more pressing need of goal scoring.
  17. I'd also be really curious if we won #3 pick what teams would be offering? Could we get Rubstov (2016 22ndOA) and Phlli's 1st (11th ish) for it? If so take it JB. If Ari win a top 2 pick would they give up one of Keller, Strome, Dvorak+ for Tanev? There are other more practical options to fill our need of a top 6 C I honestly don't see many sure bets in this draft to do it
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