HoweFan

I wouldn’t mind Podkolzin either. I like what I’ve read about him. Sounds like he would be hard to play against. I believe Cozens is a RH centre and that’s what swayed me. In a perfect world I’d take Byrum if he was there

It’s gonna go Hughes, Kakko, Byrum, Turcotte, Dach and then our choice. I’m taking Cozens over Podkolzin

I would happily take Broberg in the second. Not sure what I would do if I had already taken Byrum already

I'm a little surprised at Elite Prospects top 31 draft list. They have the list of the major players in the draft rankings right in front of them, and Trevor Zegras is at 21. Phillip Broberg doesn't make the first round. Neither does Matt Robertson.

Finally he is back where he belongs. Makes my day. How does this fit in with Holland? Devallano? Draper?

I believe we have the second round picks of the Sharks and maybe the Islanders via Vegas. Are these picks finalized or do they depend on how those teams do in the playoffs?

I had made up my mind that I didn’t want Podkolzin until someone posted to a report of on Dr Dangles I believe. Now I don’t know how he isn’t the top pick. Then I had Dach at 7 until a nice post on him a couple of posts up. I can be easily swayed to anyone I guess. I think Byrum is my top choice at 6 now

Who would you target in the second round if you picked a forward like Turcotte in the first? Who if you picked Byrum? With Turcotte I would go for Korczak in two. With Byrum I’m hoping Leason slides

Byrum and Cozens are my top two picks but I’m preparing myself for the worst case scenario and they are both gone. My next two are Turcotte and Dach. I hope Zegras sneaks up there and someone takes him early. Podkolzin is still going third I think.

May as well give you a Dach update as he is likely on our short list now. He scored the only goal as the Blades beat the powerhouse Raiders in game three last night. He scored a highlight goal in game two when the Raiders won 3-2. Seems to be elevating his game when it counts.

At least the Oilers didn't win it. Or the Avs with the Sens pick. Or the Flyers. See there are lots of positives if youlook for them.

I cant see Byram or Cozens being there for us. For me its between Dach and Turcotte.

Ok so we cant catch the Ducks and if the Oilers get one point we can't catch them. Worst we can do is finish in the 7 spot.

If we tie either the Oilers or the Ducks how is our draft position decided?

I think our top five picks last year were the best in many years. But I think we have some gems in the bottom four also. Eliasson is having a great season. O'Reilly was my fav late pick at the draft and although he didn't seem to put up the same numbers as last year he remains my favourite. Brattstrom is doing well but may be up against it with our blossoming prospect depth in goal. Kivenmaki his everyone rooting for him and as responded well.

Turcotte and Byrum are rising slightly and replacing Podkosin and Dach on my list. I would be happy with anyone down to 6. Podkolzin hasn't won me over yet. 1 - Hughes 2 - Kakko 3 - Cozens 4 - Byrum 5 - Turcotte 6 - Dach 7 - Podkolzin 8 - Krebs 9 - Zegras 10 - Suzuki

Has anyone got a link to the NHL Draftwired site. I cant seem to access it. Thanks

I hope the guys can pull together after losing a couple of friends and win every game from here on in. Building off a loser mentality can’t be good

Ryder Donovan and Graeme Clarke are among my choices for rounds 2-4.

The NHL app I have on my phone says Babcock is interested in Luke again this year. Says they didn’t like the second round price last year. Boyle got a second rounder so the price might have gone up this year

Not much of a stats guy other than goals and assists. Don’t want Podkolsin cause I can’t pronounce his name. Not gonna trade Rasmussen for that Pulwhatever guy from Edmonton either. Cousins nd Dach still top my list

I find it somewhat surprising that we are dead last. Everyone knew we weren’t going to have a good team but I think overall we have played pretty well this year. There were two early blowouts in the first seven games when we went 0-5-2 by the Bruins and Canadiens. Since then we have been close in every single game even against the upper eschelon teams. All of our younger guys are scoring and we seem to have found a couple of good rookie defensemen. Our prospect pool seems good at forward and defense. Even 3 or 4 of our junior goalies are having stellar seasons. A good draft this year and we will looking pretty well I think

My next group has Cousins, Dach, Bowen, and Podkolsin in it in that order

Suppose we end up drafting third. Hughes and Kakko are gone. Who do you pick?