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Yeah, I get that. I just don't get the near-universal ranking in the top-5 pick. Plenty of high ceiling players with problems taken in the middle of the first round every year. There was no world in which I would have taken him before any other player in the top-10 besides maybe Silayev.

Cayden Lindstrom being ranked and drafted that high never made sense to me. Prior to last year, he was on nobody's radar. Late first / early second, some places didn't have him ranked. He played 32 regular season games & 4 playoff games, and that was somehow enough for him to be ranked in the...

Varied from list to list, but both were seen as early to mid second round picks. Pre-draft, Warren was seen as the risky, high upside player, Luneau the safer, but lower upside player. Luneau is already establishing himself in the league, while it's not looking good for Warren. Funny enough...

I actually disagree. If I'm running a team like Tampa Bay, who you can count their decent draft picks on a single hand over the last decade, I would trade my first & second round picks virtually every year for established players. Not players on ridiculous contracts, but the Brendan Hagel...

Again, this has nothing to do with Beck directly; It's about probabilities and, to extent, drafting philosophy. The Tampa Bay Lightning didn't become a dynasty by getting Radko Gudas or Ross Colton with their middle round picks. They swung for high upside players and they hit. More often than...

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All of those players, if they work out, could become top-6 forwards or top-4 d-men. Whether they do or not remains to be seen, but if they don't, I get the feeling they could maybe figure out a way to carve a career in the league as depth pieces. There is no world in which Owen Beck becomes a...

I loved him in the U18 this summer. This year, both OHL games I watched left me completely indifferent.

I've watched two games of Schaefer this year and I don't see it so far. Porter Martone, on the other hand... Oh yeah. He's got it.

There were a lot of local media who were cheerleading Zadina as the Habs pick. (I'm sure it had nothing to do with the league he played in. I'm sure.)

Be honest: Would you rather have Beck or any of the following players: Tristan Luneau, David Goyette, Matthew Poitras, Jagger Firkus?

Here's my point with using the 32nd pick on Beck. It has nothing to do with Beck & more to do with probabilities. Larsypoo just so happens to be my favorite example because he's an easy player to point out. Every single year, players like Eller are available. Whether via trade or via free...

This should make some here happy: https://www.rds.ca/hockey/canadiens/canadiens-rafael-harvey-pinard-patine-avec-un-chandail-regulier-a-l-entrainement-1.19412746

Choose one or the other. You can't in one breath say it's not a premium pick, then the next say we used a pick right after on a homerun swing. There are top-6 forwards & top-4 d-men who are selected every single year with second round picks. Is the hit rate low, yes, but there are players...

Point here. Your head here.

The only player that I've actually seen that happen with was Keith Tkachuk & the St. Louis Blues. I'm sure there are other examples, but it's so infrequent. If he was available and willing, then sure. Why not.

It ultimately depends on what we would get in return for Evans in a trade. If we can only get a 4th round pick for him? Then I'd think about re-signing him. But if we can get a 2nd? Sorry, I'm not holding on to a depth center for a 2nd round pick. Playoff Warrior Eller will be available this...

Shoutout to Larsypoo. (Also the perfect example why you don't take low upside players like Owen Beck with premium picks.)

I'm sure they left because of the mountainous region and not because of a certain religion. (But hey everyone, it's Islamaphobia - whatever the fuck that means - awareness month!)