F.Michael

Just my dos pesos...Me thinks if the tall lanky left Dman Swede Edvinsson is available at #6 - he'll be wearing the Winged Wheel on stage with Grand Master Y and Co on draft night...If not available - I'll beat the dead horse with Wallstedt.

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Must agree here...Funny if Wally goes #3 thru #5...Likely would free up someone like Edvinsson/Hughes for us to take.

Must've bribed the HoF committee with $1 million...

Agreed. Interesting though - there's a 10 yr gap ('93 Billy Smith '03 Grant Fuhr) where there was not a goalie inducted...Then of course there was a bunch... 1993 Billy Smith G Canada 2003 Grant Fuhr G Canada 2006 Patrick Roy G Canada 2011 Ed Belfour G Canada 2014 Dominik Hašek G Czech Republic/ Czechoslovakia 2016 Rogie Vachon G Canada 2018 Martin Brodeur G Canada

Agreed here - looking at their contemporaries - Ozzie seems to be in a group that was exceptional Brodeur/Roy/Hasek/Belfour...If the same standard applied to skaters - well then how would Ciccerelli/Andreychuk match up against Gretzky/Lemieux/Yzerman? Many tend to agree had Ozzie won the Conn Smythe in 2008 - or had the Wings won the Cup in 2009 - he'd likely be considered HoF worthy.

Hey makes a good 'Popeye' Doyle...

Basketball sucks...

I'm not talking about the actual number of skaters VS netminders - I'm talking about this set of standards. What made guys like Ciccerelli/Andreychuk/Sundin worthy but not Osgood?

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Unfortunately netminders are held to a higher standard when it comes to the HoF.

We gotta take a good hard look at what we have - there's no shining offensive stars as of yet wearing the Winged Wheel (Raymond?). If Yzerman & Co feel there's no legit 1st line forward, nor top pair Dman at #6 - why not go for the guy who many scouts feel might end up 1 of the top players from this draft? Having a potential star between the pipes would go great with a stud Dman.

Some compare him to countryman Lundqvist with his demeanor and style of play.

Not everyone here can be an "O.G." like me ...

What was Bergevin thinking in 2018 - coulda hada a Tkachuk ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_NHL_Entry_Draft

TBH - looking back at the 2017 draft today - Suzuki is the only guy that really jumps out after Rasmountain.

Maybe slightly off topic here, but this is why 've been warming up to the idea of seeing Grand Master Y drafting Wallstedt at #6.

I was impressed with Rasmountain - in particular the last dozen or so games where Mantha was gone, and by process of elimination Ras got some playing time - certainly didn't look outta place. Put him in there with a guy like Veleno (yes - he did look good too - where's mah crow) and I bet these guys will push for 40 to 50 pts each.

Another fine example of how Yzerman is 1 of the best GMs in the league.

Right now there seems to be a source of decent and reasonably priced netminders, but I'm not sure what it'll be in 4, or 5 years from now when we 'should' be a playoff team. Like you said - if Wallstedt has a great upside - maybe a higher ceiling than what's left in the draft - then why not take him? History of past drafts aside - sometimes you gotta take that chance.

This has been an unusual past 18 months with the pandemic. I'd say this draft may see more subjective/personal hunch picks than ever before. For all we know Yzerman and the scouts might feel there's not 1 skater that really stands out between #5 thru #10 - maybe at #6 Wallstedt has the highest ceiling of that bunch (think Lundqvist) and everyone else might be seen as 2nd line forwards or 2nd pairing Dmen. As usual I really don’t follow the prospects so I don’t have any strong opinion - however it would be nice to add a goalie who can be our legit starter for years to come.