Mackcanuck Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Will be a strong draft, lots of D men in 1st round if you count N.A. and ITL rankings 6 D men in top 16 in N.A. and 7 D men in top 15 in ITL rankings http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=749385 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY_4_NAZZY Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Would love to see the Canucks snag another late first round pick. This draft is really deep with talent that we could get quite a few stud players with 2 first rounders...going to be hard though to find someone to bite on giving up a first round pick though. It's making me excited for this upcoming draft so many options and so many good prospects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 well the thing is it's never an exact equal distribution between NA and International so it's unlikely that all of those interntaitional d-men get picked up in the first round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Why is a defenceman from the QMJHL rated so highly in the first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Jesper Lindgren if he's there in the 4th round! Modo Jr. 6' 160 lbs (Yes that light), Right Hand D-man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostsof1915 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Why is a defenceman from the QMJHL rated so highly in the first? More points than the more defensive minded WHL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdatb Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 lol Crouse at 4. I hope we can pick up Jeremy Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Why is a defenceman from the QMJHL rated so highly in the first? Roy? Probably for a good reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 lol Crouse at 4. I hope we can pick up Jeremy Roy Crouse could be a very good player in the NHL. He has all the assets you want in a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timberz21 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Roy? Probably for a good reason.Actually Roy is not the first one. Chabot is, first time I hear about him though. (Actually Zboril is first, but he's Czech.)Also I think the NHL's rank is probably the most bias ranking there is. Pretty sure NHL wants to please everyone so, they try to incorporate every league in their ranking rather than just picking the best.Still the best ranking is Bob Mckenzie's since he actually speak directly with team mngt/scouts and his ranking is pretty much based on a poll from the NHL teams. So much more accurate since these team will actually pick those players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOMapleLaughs Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Holy crap this draft year is strong. We should secure as many picks as possible. When a solid player like Rasmus Andersson is ranked 84th, you have to go through this list with a fine-tooth comb, not just assume the higher-ranked guy is actually better. It looks like all the rankings beyond the top-3 are a bit murky. It appears that every team in the league is capable of drafting a solid, solid player if they play their cards right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 Holy crap this draft year is strong. We should secure as many picks as possible. fire sale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkyard Dog Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 fire sale? &^@# that. We have to ship out one of Lack/Markstrom in the off-season. I don't think we will get a 1st but maybe a 2nd or 3rd. If Kassian wants out at some point or if a team gives us an offer that is simply hard to refused then we could get more picks from moving Kassian. Otherwise keep Kassian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 We have a good group of centers in our system. And Demko gives us a strong goaltender for the future. This draft I fully expect Benning's first 3 picks to be 2 D-men and a winger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 frack that. We have to ship out one of Lack/Markstrom in the off-season. I don't think we will get a 1st but maybe a 2nd or 3rd. If Kassian wants out at some point or if a team gives us an offer that is simply hard to refused then we could get more picks from moving Kassian. Otherwise keep Kassian. At least one of Burrows, Higgins, Matthias or Hansen need to be moved. Maybe Kassian (if the rumours of his demise aren't greatly exaggerated) as an alternative. One of Lack/Markstrom need to be moved. At least one of Hamhuis, Bieksa, Tanev, Sbisa, Stanton, or Corrado (possibly two if we pick up that elusive, offensive RHD) need to be moved. One of Weber/Sanguinetti need to be moved (and one re-signed). Should be able to snag some picks out of some of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avelanch Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 At least one of Burrows, Higgins, Matthias or Hansen need to be moved. Maybe Kassian (if the rumours of his demise aren't greatly exaggerated) as an alternative. One of Lack/Markstrom need to be moved. At least one of Hamhuis, Bieksa, Tanev, Sbisa, Stanton, or Corrado (possibly two if we pick up that elusive, offensive RHD) need to be moved. One of Weber/Sanguinetti need to be moved (and one re-signed). Should be able to snag some picks out of some of that. we need to drop weber like a bad habit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nas19 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 The fact that Marner is ranked 7th and Barzal is ranked 9th just for NA skaters is frightening. This draft is insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 More points than the more defensive minded WHL? Roy? Probably for a good reason. Actually Roy is not the first one. Chabot is, first time I hear about him though. (Actually Zboril is first, but he's Czech.) Also I think the NHL's rank is probably the most bias ranking there is. Pretty sure NHL wants to please everyone so, they try to incorporate every league in their ranking rather than just picking the best. Still the best ranking is Bob Mckenzie's since he actually speak directly with team mngt/scouts and his ranking is pretty much based on a poll from the NHL teams. So much more accurate since these team will actually pick those players QMJHL is an offensively minded league, so the pts from there are going to be very skewed. That's what I was trying to bring up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzle Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 At least one of Burrows, Higgins, Matthias or Hansen need to be moved. Maybe Kassian (if the rumours of his demise aren't greatly exaggerated) as an alternative. One of Lack/Markstrom need to be moved. At least one of Hamhuis, Bieksa, Tanev, Sbisa, Stanton, or Corrado (possibly two if we pick up that elusive, offensive RHD) need to be moved. One of Weber/Sanguinetti need to be moved (and one re-signed). Should be able to snag some picks out of some of that. IMHO, I think Stanton's going to be traded away. Corrado's probably going to be promoted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatedkid666 Posted January 20, 2015 Share Posted January 20, 2015 We should move some dead weight for teams that need to stay at the cap floor for some picks that are like 3-5 round Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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