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The Holiday tradition: 2016 Draft thoughts.....

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I thought I heard that at the mid point last year, McKenzie & friends NBC rankings or whatever had Chowlowski ranked in the 50s or so and he ended up at 25ish on the final rankings.. That progress is at least encouraging. Hopefully he continues to develop at a good rate. It'll be interesting to follow him vs Chychrun's development.

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Well the nice thing about Cholowski, as Holland mentioned already, is that he has up to 4 years to season in college. He already improved nicely over the past season and now takes a step up to college hockey. Yes, we need high-quality d-men in the near future, but it'll be nice to have a kid ripening at the college level (also no worry about having to have him signed). Also, in terms of having a d-man who could step in sooner.... I feel there were only really 3 players who fit that criteria; Juolevi, Sergachev, and Bean, and they all were drafted before the 16 spot.

I don't think Holland and Co. were as excited about Chychrun as he had injury issues as well as struggled with his play this past season. Time will tell if he turns it around and time will tell how Cholowski develops. We tend to draft well through the later rounds, so let's see how we handle our 2nd round picks and beyond them.

Also, I feel if this move allows us to get Stamkos, long-term, it was well worth it. Chychrun is not expected to be any more than a top 4 d-man, same as Cholowski. One just might need a little more time to develop/ripen.

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You don't take a defenseman that far off the table unless they actually seen something special in the kid... Here's to hoping... If we absolutely had to take a defenseman there (I don't think we should have), I would have much rathered see us take Johansen...

He really rised up a lot from the midterm rankings and they said he can grow even more since his brother is 6'4 ... If he turns out to be a Good 2-3 dman that can put up some points I'll take it

We all know it ain't easy getting a number 1 dman

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When I seen McLeod and then Bean go off the board, I was pissed... Then when I seen Chychrun drop to us, I was ecstatic... Then when I seen us trading the pick, I was pissed... Then when I seen what we traded the pick for, I was ecstatic... Then when I seen Fabbro go off the board I was slightly pissed... Then when I seen the players left on the board I was ecstatic... Then when I seen the player that we picked over all these other kids, I was beyond pissed... Now after 12 hours and sleeping on it, reading a lot more about him, I'm somewhat okay with the pick...

I'm not near as upset about us passing over Chychrun as I am with the selection we made in place of it... Hopefully we have a successful day two today and we can land a couple steals in the second round...

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When I seen McLeod and then Bean go off the board, I was pissed... Then when I seen Chychrun drop to us, I was ecstatic... Then when I seen us trading the pick, I was pissed... Then when I seen what we traded the pick for, I was ecstatic... Then when I seen Fabbro go off the board I was slightly pissed... Then when I seen the players left on the board I was ecstatic... Then when I seen the player that we picked over all these other kids, I was beyond pissed... Now after 12 hours and sleeping on it, reading a lot more about him, I'm somewhat okay with the pick...

I'm not near as upset about us passing over Chychrun as I am with the selection we made in place of it... Hopefully we have a successful day two today and we can land a couple steals in the second round...

Ya I was like you yesterday , i thought for sure were drafting chychrun since the wings usually draft players that slide down ... Then I see the trade and think we got rid of datsyuks contract , kept our 1st and got a 2nd and gave up no prospects ? I was pumped

Then I'm like ok fabbro is out there ...... f***kk ... Ok this Stanley kid at 6'7 can be worth looking at ... f***kk lol

I was with friends and predicted we'd take rubstov cause the wings always say they pick the best player Available ... Anyways regardless we need help at d and it was the smart move and we added another pick and got rid of pavel , so it worked out

I also liked johansen but can't complain

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Alright guys draft starting soon

Hope we can add another pick or 2 and land some of these ....

Defensemen

Dineen

Day

Niemelainen

Lucas carlsson

Allard

Cederholm

Falkovsky

Forwards

Allison

Koivula

Makinen

Pu

Kuznetsov

Hopefully no goalies this year ... Forget the first round boys this is the day we find out gems , let's hope we find a datsyuk or zetterberg

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Ya forgot to add Bastian , we need some guys like him

Didn't know much about pu till I got my hands on the hockey news finally and apparently he was played much being on a deep London team and scouts think he's gonna play a lot next year and put up numbers

London always develop a lot of good players so he might be one to keep an eye out for and he just turned 18 a few weeks ago

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Bastian is my number one guy at 46... I hope he slides...

Ya hed be a good pick up man .... I hope we can somehow add another pick, it's been a while I hope we land Lucas carlsson , could be cause I got a soft spot for swedes , but I like that he went undrafted and rose to 15 this year and I liked what I seen on YouTube

Koivula also intrigues me being 17 and like 6'4 , seen clips online as well

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