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2014 NHL Draft Thread

Leafin' said:
Yea his skating is awkward. I'm not sure if he'll be able to shield the puck as well when he's facing off against players his size. He's got long legs.

Still a good prospect.
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Yeah I always have that fear with these guys who can out muscle everyone in juniors. There's definitely going to be a big adjustment.
 
Unless Ekblad falls to 3rd you have to move that. Drafting another forward who is 2-3 years away from even getting a sniff in the lineup is not the answer.

They need a top pairing guy in a bad way
 
Draistatl needs to bend his knees and skate with less of a hunch. He's strong and has good speed for a bad skater, but he's still a pretty bad skater. Looks to me to be somewhere on the Stastny-Hodgson spectrum. Lacking high end speed and size, but strong on the puck and with great hockey sense/hands.

If his skating can improve, though, he could be better.
 
Artnes said:
Unless Ekblad falls to 3rd you have to move that. Drafting another forward who is 2-3 years away from even getting a sniff in the lineup is not the answer.

They need a top pairing guy in a bad way
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Something tells me Lowe and co try to move it but set the price way way way too high and end up drafting Bennett/Reinhart
 
Artnes said:
Unless Ekblad falls to 3rd you have to move that. Drafting another forward who is 2-3 years away from even getting a sniff in the lineup is not the answer.

They need a top pairing guy in a bad way
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No way Buffalo passes on Ekblad at #2... but Edmonton should try to get Ekblad somehow. I wonder what they'd need to add to move up.
 
Artnes said:
Unless Ekblad falls to 3rd you have to move that. Drafting another forward who is 2-3 years away from even getting a sniff in the lineup is not the answer.

They need a top pairing guy in a bad way
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Think they might do something like Pick 3 for Myers and a 2nd? I'm not sure what top pair D would be available to trade away, even if they were dangling the 3rd overall pick.
 
mbow30 said:
Draistatl needs to bend his knees and skate with less of a hunch. He's strong and has good speed for a bad skater, but he's still a pretty bad skater. Looks to me to be somewhere on the Stastny-Hodgson spectrum. Lacking high end speed and size, but strong on the puck and with great hockey sense/hands.

If his skating can improve, though, he could be better.
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Except Hodgson and Stastny weren't 210 at 18. They still aren't.
 
Teams don't like taking dmen early. Thats why Jones fell last year. They take longer to develop and as a result are less projectable. Wouldn't be the most surprising thing in the world if Ekblad fell into the Oilers laps.

You have to think the Panthers will take him though given their depth of young talent up front.
 
stastny's pretty close and has been since he entered the league.

not sure how much weight draistatl could add without sacrificing speed.
 
Florida taking Ekblad just makes way too much sense.

Oilers need to consider moving this pick and/or taking the best available player and moving other assets to shore up their team.
 
U18s start today. Virtanen with 2 goals in Canada's first game against Sweden already.

Virtanen, Fleury, McCann, Perlini, Pastrnek, Kapanen, Nylander all guys projected to go in the 8 range that are playing.
 
Artnes said:
Unless Ekblad falls to 3rd you have to move that. Drafting another forward who is 2-3 years away from even getting a sniff in the lineup is not the answer.

They need a top pairing guy in a bad way
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they still need a top line centre

if i am them i take a top centre (if i can) and trade any of the non Hall young guys for something more needed (ie: defense)
 
Are any of the guys going to be better then Nuge?

If not flip the pick with one of the wingers plus another prospect to get that D they desperately need.
 
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