krsmith17

I literally said "but what the f*** do I know?"... And from that you take that I think I know better than Steve Yzerman? LOL So you've seen Yzerman's list, I take it? He obviously had "your guy" ahead of "my guy"... Who are you to say that he drafted either of those guys based on position? He could have had Edvinsson top 3 on his list, followed by a bunch of wingers. He could have had Cossa top 10 on his list. You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Yzerman keeps talking about best player available, but you think for whatever reason, he's drafting based on position, despite his first pick being one of our areas of strength. Not at all a "big old loss" for me. I don't love either of the picks, but I completely trust Yzerman knows what he's doing. I would say he's earned that...

LOL it must be hard for you to grasp such a simple concept of BPA... It's individual team lists, not the "consensus" list... No, I don't think Edvinsson or Cossa will be better than Eklund or Wallstedt. I would have preferred the latter two. But what the f*** do I know? Trade bait at next year's trade deadline. Hopefully we can recoup that 2nd round pick. Lysell - Pastrnak 2.0...

Future defensive depth chart... LD - Edvinsson, Johansson, Wallinder, Viro, McIsaac, Sebrango RD - Seider, Hronek, Lindstrom, Tuomisto, Barton Looking pretty solid...

A lot of good forwards still available... Another trade up?...

You must be pretty disappointed that neither of our first two picks have addressed our biggest organizational need...

Would have preferred Wallstedt, but...

Wallstedt???

I would assume Edvinsson plays one more season in Frolunda, before coming over to GR, but wouldn't mind the decision to bring him over this season, similar to Seider two seasons ago...

Nah. Edvinsson was a top 5 pick in a lot of mocks. Maybe he just thinks he was best player available...

One of Svechkov, Raty, Lysell or Stankoven at 23...

Edvinsson - Seider...

F***!!! I don't mind the Edvinsson, but with Eklund on the board...

The one guy I wanted last draft was Raymond... Please take fellow Swede. EuroTwins 2.0...

No.

Woooo Eklund is still available!!! Please take him Yzerman!!!

Hughes to New Jersey... Please pass on Eklund Columbus...

Same... I really hope Eklund falls... Absolute worst case scenario... Trade back?...

McTavish to Anaheim...

Matty Beniers to Seattle...

WTF? I'd do this trade all day... Power to Buffalo. No surprise there...

I'd prefer Tatar, just so the trade would end up being Tatar for Veleno, Mastrosimone, Nedeljkovic... and Tatar...

Dumbass...

If Yzerman takes the same position with his first 4 picks, it wouldn't bother me in the least. I'd hope he'd take some of the different positions in the later rounds though, just to round things out... I love the big, mobile defensemen, and small, skilled forward, all with high hockey IQ and compete, building philosophy that Yzerman seems to have. I'd love to get Stankover at 38. I'd also be good with taking him at 23, depending on who else is available (drops) there...