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9. Ryan Leonard 17. TomWilander 41. David Edstrom 42. Anton Whalberg 43. Dan Nelson 73. Jacob Dvorek

Can someone tell me what is up with him. I assume he must have a significant injury as he hasn't played this year. Thanks

As of this morning I think we would be drafting 7th if everything stayed as is. If the first six picks were Nolan Patrick, Tim Liljegren, Nicholas Hague, Michael Rasmussen, Max Comtois, and Gabe Vilardi, who would you pick? My choices would be Foote or Popugayev.

I’m really sceptical on Askarov. His stats are brilliant when he’s in Russia. Then he gets out on the world stage like in the last two World Juniors and he sucks. I’ve read where the shots on goal are inflated in Russia. I hope Walstedt is better

Why don’t you guys open up a cat fight thread?

Is this the Mathias Brome thread?

If we pick second it’s Byfield. At three I’m taking Stutzle. Rossi is my pick at four

So the draft, combine, etc are postponed. The lottery will be announced at a later date when things have been finalized. I hope this is just to figure out how to video conference it and what date. They better not change the format other than using winning percentage

I sure wish that Draftwired site was up and running again. That was a lot of fun

Yes I think Byfield and Askarov slipped a bit after this tourney

The good news about this draft is that it seems four players are stepping out. LaFreniere, Byfield, Stutzle, and Raymond. If the worse case scenario happens we will still get one of them.

When do you think we will win again? I’m gonna say one of the back to back Winnipeg games December 10-12 otherwise I’m afraid it might be next year. I thought we would be in most games this year just like last year but injuries and poor years from some of the vets could make this a historic season

Tonight? I hope you are right. It’s not like a win is going to take us out of last overall and the number one seed for the draft. We have a pretty solid hold on that right now

How would you rate them? They all seem to be doing well. For arguments sake I have it this way. Larsson, Petruzzelli, Elliasson, Brattstrom, Van Pottelberghe, Fulcher, and Gylander in that order.

I didn’t realize there was ten months difference in age. That’s significant. Something else to factor in when I make my choice lol

I really hope Byfield stays close to Lafreniere in the rankings. If we get the first pick I would like a centre instead of a winger. I realize we need help everywhere but an elite pivot is critical. Maybe we’ll get the second pick and I won’t be in a quandary.

I don’t miss Babcock. The way he called out Brendan Smith in the media for standing up to Chara in the playoffs one year was uncalled for. He ridiculed him for standing up for his teammates. Somebody had to. As for the Commodore situation why sign him? He was a journeyman at best at that point. It was known that they didn’t like each other. I’m guessing there were a half dozen other guys of equal skill level available. I think Babcock brought him in to bury him. I can’t blame Commodore for signing. Who wouldn’t take the mil when you are at the end of your career anyway. I hope Babcock gets run out of town in Toronto

What was the score? Who scored?

Nice list and good write ups. Surprised there is no Dylan Peterson

With every win our chances of getting Hughes slip a bit farther away. I think we are going to end up better than most predicted. If we pick in the 8th position or so who do you pick. If Hughes, Kakko, Dach, Cusins, Podkolsin, Turcotte, and Newhook are gone. I kinda waver between Broberg, Byram, and Suzuki

I wonder if the Hawk fans are complaining about overdrafting Dach. Some people had him in the 7-10 range near the end. I could easily see Seider being in the 10 spot on a number of lists. Not that bad of an overdraft. Personally I love the pick. Of course I love the Rasmussen pick too

Thanks CRL. Yes that’s the video. It doesn’t seem his skating is that bad. I think I read where Pronman didn’t like it

As soon as I watched the video of Tuomisto taking the puck behind his own net and he carried it into the other zone where he lost it. The other team had a rush and took into his zone. He got back in time to strip them from the puck and negate the play. A 6:05 guy with that kind of effort I can learn to like

I tried looking back in the earlier posts here but someone mentioned Seider very early and what a beast he was on defense. At that point he was a second round consideration. I looked up what I could on him and was intrigued by his size. Whoever it was great call

Last year we drafted forwards when we should of maybe drafted another dman. This year it was the opposite. It worked out well last year and it will this year. Seider will be a big piece of our defense. Seeing that I never went to Europe and did any scouting I will trust the guys that did. If it was me maybe I would have taken Robertson at 35 but that’s because of what I read not any real knowledge. I like this Tuo guy more every time I watch his videos and read the reports. Hakan knows a little more than I do. I’m fine with all of his choices