2011 NHL Draft Lottery - Tue. April 12th - 8:00pm EST

SpezDispenser wrote:Steve_Lloyd Steve Lloyd
Murray thinks moving up to #3 might be possible. Panthers are #3

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Steve_Lloyd Steve Lloyd
Murray thinks moving up to #3 might be possible. Panthers are #3

Yeah and Brian Burke thought he can trade up and pick John Tavares

Big Ev wrote:Murray says Couturier reminds him of Spezza. Says he's not sure why he's dropping and doesn't know if he will be available. Says he saw him two weeks ago and he was playing mediocre but dominated every shift in the 4rd period.

Says Huberdeau has nice skill, hands, heady.

Strome is a playmaker, quality character guy.

marakh wrote:I don't even know where to Cussing begin. I want to punch someone in the face. WHere is CLouston tonight?

SpezDispenser wrote:Steve_Lloyd Steve Lloyd
Murray thinks moving up to #3 might be possible. Panthers are #3

marakh wrote:
We could have had RNH, Prince AND Zibanejad. Now we're gonna end up, if that happens, with probably Landeskog only.
Diddle this Dung. I am Cussing frustrated. Sign me up for Yakupov/Galchenyuk. WIth our luck we probably will lose the one we pick to the KHL.

SpezDispenser wrote:

Hoags wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Steve_Lloyd Steve Lloyd
Murray thinks moving up to #3 might be possible. Panthers are #3

Yeah and Brian Burke thought he can trade up and pick John Tavares

There's more to this one IMO. The Panthers are probably pretty high on a few guys, if they relinquish the pick and still are assured of a name on their list at 6, they'll take Boston's 2nd to make the switch IMO. That's the beauty of sucking at every position, you have tons of options.

NEELY wrote:It will take Nashville's 1st to get into that 3rd spot I would think. That or Karlsson straight up for that pick.

"He's not just a terrific athlete, but individual," Boucher told NHL.com. "He's first in his class at school with over a 90-percent average … he's an extremely bright hockey player. He sees the game at a slow pace like the top guys do, and his puck protection is incredible.

"You don't take the puck off of him. He's a big center who wins the faceoffs and is extremely reliable defensively. When he was 16, I had to push him to go offense because he wanted to be so reliable defensively. He has great vision and is slowly building up his speed … he's going to be a terrific NHL player."

Couturier won 54 percent of his 1,430 faceoffs during the regular season.

When told Couturier was rated No. 6 on Central Scouting's final list, Boucher offered his former protégé the following advice:

"Here's the thing, he has incredible puck protection along the boards, but he's just got to take that puck protection closer to the net. Sean is probably a better feeder; he's one of those guys who likes to dish the puck. If you do that enough, you forget how good you are at protecting pucks, finding pucks around the net and scoring. That would be my advice to him -- go to the net."

NEELY wrote:Wow, people are just jumping off the cliff eh... there is literally no true number 1 pick in this draft. Strome has just as good of a chance as turning out as RNH. Couturier has just as good as a chance at turning out as Landeskog. There are safer picks than others but it's up in the air to say the least.

Also, if people think there won't be 2 or even 3 D men drafted before The Sens get a shot, they are mistaken. Larsson is an obvious choice, one of Hamilton or Murphy will be drafted as well, perhaps both. A guy like Murphy may be exactly what NJ is looking for.