In depth look at the draft

Acrobat wrote:

Cap'n Clutch wrote:That is one long arse quote string you guys have going there.

I was going to add to it, but I figured a comment involving "wood" and "head" was beneath our usual standards...

Or is it?

asq2 wrote:

SensFan71 wrote:

Acrobat wrote:

PKC wrote:Oh, I also really like what the scout had to say about Oliver Ekman-Larsson:

"He's one of those guys
that's just fun to watch and your jaw just drops," Giese said. "His
skating, his skill, his smarts - it's all 10 out of 10 for me. He needs
to be stronger and continue to develop and you might have yourself a
very special player. He's probably the only defenceman that I saw live
this year that can manipulate the defence to his liking. It just looks
like he's playing with them. When he's on his game he's special."

We want have to get him...

got any favours you can pull to make sure Brian Murray picks OEL then? stuff like this gets known amongst other GM's and Murray won't get him.

I'm quite confident that if we stay at 9 and OEL reaches us, Murray will take him.
A) He fits in with the Red Wings' skill and the Ducks' size, and arguably the Pens' championship as well. Murray seems to make decisions based on the latest Cup-winner.
B) Murray likes players who rise as the draft nears. No one has risen faster than OEL.
C) Murray mentioned that he/his scouts had seen in Europe a defenceman that was "less ready" than Hedman but could ultimately end up being better. I'm quite confident that's OEL, especially since Kulikov plays in North America already.

As I've said, if we want one of them, we're guaranteed one of Hedman, Tavares, Duchene, Kane, Schenn, MPS, Cowen, OEL or Kulikov even if we don't do anything at the draft. cool)

Acrobat wrote:By the way the #4-10 spots keep shuffling, it is fairly clear that there is little consensus as to who is ranked where (other than in general terms). This bodes well, as it makes it more likely that Ottawa will be left with at least one good player to pick.