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5 minutes ago, MikeyD said:

Well I mean, when we were playing poorly we would have had a chance at Michkov...

 

Unfortunately we had to go on a tear as usual to end the season. 

If Arizona picks Michkov, the question will be will he be happy playing in an empty arena? 

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14 minutes ago, Lonny_Bohonos_14 said:

Simashev is the guy I hope we take. After that there are so many options. I'd be fine with Danielson, Wood, Willander, or any dropper (Benson, Reinbacher, Moore, etc.)

If we take Simashev we would have such good skaters on the backend. Simashev, Hughes, Hronek. Wow. 
I'm fairly confident he'll be there at 11 too, if not a later pick in the case of a trade back. 
Russians will go a lot later than they should because of the uncertainty around them.

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7 minutes ago, Nave said:

If we take Simashev we would have such good skaters on the backend. Simashev, Hughes, Hronek. Wow. 
I'm fairly confident he'll be there at 11 too, if not a later pick in the case of a trade back. 
Russians will go a lot later than they should because of the uncertainty around them.

Oh my Lord could you imagine if Simashev pans out to anything close to his ceiling, and then have always one of Hughes or Simashev on the ice for 55 minutes of every game? At home a coach could match up Simashev defensively against opponent's best players and leave Hughes to run wild against secondary competition.

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14 minutes ago, AlwaysACanuckFan said:

If Arizona picks Michkov, the question will be will he be happy playing in an empty arena? 

Arena? I thought they’re playing pond hockey next year.

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17 minutes ago, Angry Goose said:

My off the board prediction:

 

Michkov goes before WSH’s pick and they select Simashev

10 minutes ago, Fanuck said:

This is completely plausible, if not probable. 

 

I don't think it's very likely Simashev will be gone by our pick, because of the Russian factor... But this last minute hype is making me nervous, and if he's there at 11 we should maybe just take him and forego a trade down.

 

7 minutes ago, HighOnHockey said:

Oh my Lord could you imagine if Simashev pans out to anything close to his ceiling, and then have always one of Hughes or Simashev on the ice for 55 minutes of every game? At home a coach could match up Simashev defensively against opponent's best players and leave Hughes to run wild on secondary competition.

That's the thing. Simashev is so good at skating out of trouble, but if the forecheck bears on him, he's hard to knock off the puck.
Very rare to see that kind of skating and size together. 

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1 minute ago, Nave said:

 

I don't think it's very likely Simashev will be gone by our pick, because of the Russian factor... But this last minute hype is making me nervous, and if he's there at 11 we should maybe just take him and forego a trade down.

 

That's the thing. Simashev is so good at skating out of trouble, but if the forecheck bears on him, he's hard to knock off the puck.
Very rare to see that kind of skating and that size together. 

Owen Power?

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6 minutes ago, HighOnHockey said:

Oh my Lord could you imagine if Simashev pans out to anything close to his ceiling, and then have always one of Hughes or Simashev on the ice for 55 minutes of every game? At home a coach could match up Simashev defensively against opponent's best players and leave Hughes to run wild on secondary competition.

Geez everyone.... this is Myers but everyone made Myers become defensive and blocking instead of "Luckily, Simashev does not fall into that, as his defensive aggression is one of the things I love most about him. When opposing forwards are working against Simashev, he’s a smothering presence, attacking aggressively with his stick positioning to disrupt possession of the puck and generate turnovers."

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1 minute ago, HighOnHockey said:

Owen Power?

Who went 1st overall... 
Simashev probably doesn't have the same offensive potential, but he has a very high ceiling.

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2 minutes ago, Nave said:

Who went 1st overall... 
Simashev probably doesn't have the same offensive potential, but he has a very high ceiling.

I think we have enough defense coming up. I would prefer to draft the best forward available. Simashev would come play fine, but as soon as Demko isnt in the net he will turn into last 2 years Myers.

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2 minutes ago, EastCoastNucks said:

I think we have enough defense coming up. I would prefer to draft the best forward available. Simashev would come play fine, but as soon as Demko isnt in the net he will turn into last 2 years Myers.

I like the centers more than the defensemen in this draft, but I would way rather get a defenseman than another winger.

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