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Maybe you were just a year early and his two goal explosion in game 82 was the foreshadowing?

This is my favorite...

I feel like we say this every year.

But he was the best of the bottom 3 d-men....that's the same thing lol.

Ah yes because Mike Green's 14 goals and 36 points and Jensen's 4 goals and 13 points are inferior to Smith's 2 goal and 5 points.

Yeah there's a reason he's not getting the hype Vesey did. He's not a must-grab in IMO either. Did win the Hobey though, although I don't think there was a ton of major standouts competing for it this year. I find it funny that he's been at the U of Denver and is now refusing to sign with Colorado. Can you imagine if the Wings drafted a U of M kid and he didn't want to play for us? Doesn't happen. We're not the model franchise anymore but Colorado is suck.

It's hard to say because Chychrun was one of the most NHL ready players in that draft, whereas Cholo and Hronek still need more time to develop physically. But Hronek is developing really nice and looks very promising as an offensive D-man/quarterback. Probably most excited about him of all our D prospects. And now Cholo has packed on 25 lbs and everyone says his positioning/stickwork/and ability to read the game are super high level. Of the 3, nobody has busted yet that's for sure.

Am I missing something? There's nothing about this guy that tells me he will ever be a quality NHL defenseman, let alone a "top defender"... Undersized 22 year old, drafted in the 5th round 4 years ago, put up decent, not spectacular numbers in college... Maybe he'll be as good as DeKeyser some day if he's lucky. I'm not saying I'd be upset if we signed him, there's always room for added depth, but I'd personally rather give Russo or Hicketts a shot before this guy. I agree that Chicago is a likely destination. Witkowski will likely be our 12th/13th forward, so 8 defensemen and 12 forwards as it sits right now. But yeah, something has to give. We'll have a little over 900K (once Franzen is placed on LTIR) before Athanasiou is signed.

But who will be better in 2 years? That's what matters.

Yeah na

1. Was actually almost true lol Vanek was indeed a pleasant surprise in my book 2 & 3 are eerily close 2 for 3 #2 Spot on Those two turned out the opposite

My favorite part was "definite possible" NHL starter

We already do. His name is petr Mrhasek

Holland is not that smart. No. If Holland trades AA it'll be for a 35 year old defenseman. Holland can't make a move to save his life, if he does, he f***s it all up. AA should already be as untouchable as Mantha.