Mock Drafts

wprager wrote:Didn't Tambellini come out and say he's not giving up the #1? Which, of course, was an about-face from what he said earlier.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/21/no-1-not-for-sale

Interesting results from the TSN Mock Draft... McGuire and Button did all the picks. We'll see how it all lines up...

wprager wrote:

wprager wrote:Didn't Tambellini come out and say he's not giving up the #1? Which, of course, was an about-face from what he said earlier.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/06/21/no-1-not-for-sale

Everything is for sale, and also, don't listen to what GMs say.

Red Line Report Mock Draft (USA Today):

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/hockey/columnist/woodlief/2011-06-22-red-line-report-mock-nhl-draft_n.htm

Here's their top 10, hit the link for explanations of each pick and the rest...

1. Edmonton — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2. Colorado — Gabriel Landeskog
3. Florida — Jonathan Huberdeau
4. New Jersey — Adam Larsson
5. N.Y. Islanders — Dougie Hamilton
6. Ottawa — Mika Zibanejad
7. Winnipeg — Ryan Strome
8. Columbus —Ryan Murphy
9. Boston (from Toronto) — Nathan Beaulieu
10. Minnesota — Sean Couturier

wprager wrote:TSN also did a re-draft of 2009 and 2010:
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=369620

Kadri falls 5 back from his original draft position, but since it's the Toronto Sports Network, they moved Cowen *10* places back to compensate. Yeah, the guy comes up from Junior and is instrumental in helping his AHL team win the Calder Cup, and he falls 10 places. Is it because he hasn't yet made it to the NHL? Well, neither has Kadri, really. At least Cowen had injury rehab and mono as excuses.

Unfortunately, Button may be challenged. He certainly doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to hockey and that's a real waste of time when they let him do a show like this. Idiocy!

wprager wrote:TSN also did a re-draft of 2009 and 2010:
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=369620

Kadri falls 5 back from his original draft position, but since it's the Toronto Sports Network, they moved Cowen *10* places back to compensate. Yeah, the guy comes up from Junior and is instrumental in helping his AHL team win the Calder Cup, and he falls 10 places. Is it because he hasn't yet made it to the NHL? Well, neither has Kadri, really. At least Cowen had injury rehab and mono as excuses.

Yeah I noticed that too. Cowen falling 10 places back was all I needed to jump out of my chair and roll on the floor with laughter. This guy clearly has zero clue about...anything. How did Erixon jump so much and not Rundblad?

I nearly spit out my dinner when I saw Cyrano de Button's redraft. Cowen down 10 spots ?

Michallica wrote:

wprager wrote:TSN also did a re-draft of 2009 and 2010:
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=369620

Kadri falls 5 back from his original draft position, but since it's the Toronto Sports Network, they moved Cowen *10* places back to compensate. Yeah, the guy comes up from Junior and is instrumental in helping his AHL team win the Calder Cup, and he falls 10 places. Is it because he hasn't yet made it to the NHL? Well, neither has Kadri, really. At least Cowen had injury rehab and mono as excuses.

Yeah I noticed that too. Cowen falling 10 places back was all I needed to jump out of my chair and roll on the floor with laughter. This guy clearly has zero clue about...anything. How did Erixon jump so much and not Rundblad?

Did he even mention Rundblad? I don't remember.

wprager wrote:

Michallica wrote:

wprager wrote:TSN also did a re-draft of 2009 and 2010:
http://tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=369620

Kadri falls 5 back from his original draft position, but since it's the Toronto Sports Network, they moved Cowen *10* places back to compensate. Yeah, the guy comes up from Junior and is instrumental in helping his AHL team win the Calder Cup, and he falls 10 places. Is it because he hasn't yet made it to the NHL? Well, neither has Kadri, really. At least Cowen had injury rehab and mono as excuses.

Yeah I noticed that too. Cowen falling 10 places back was all I needed to jump out of my chair and roll on the floor with laughter. This guy clearly has zero clue about...anything. How did Erixon jump so much and not Rundblad?

Did he even mention Rundblad? I don't remember.

Rundblad moved up 2 spots in the re-draft.

http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=124

wprager wrote:
Did he even mention Rundblad? I don't remember.

http://tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=124

15 17 +2 STL David Rundblad Swedish defenceman of the year.

19 9 -10 OTT Jared Cowen Nothing flashy but a good, solid 2nd pair defenseman.

Sportsnet Mock Draft 2011:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2011/06/22/nhl_mock_draft/

1. RNH
2. Larsson
3. Huberdeau
4. Landeskog
5. Hamilton
6. Couturier
7. Zib
8. Strome
9. Murphy
10. Siemens

Hit the link for the details...

I'm OK with Couturier.

wprager wrote:

Bass Destruction wrote:I added TSN's mock draft to my original post on page 1, just so that they will all be together.

Here it is though:
http://www.tsn.ca/draftcentre/feature/?id=45548

Interesting. It's been a while since I've seen Larsson going 1st overall; don't think that will happen. Zibanejad falls all the way to 11 yet the Sens take Couturier at #6. A week ago I would have agreed, but Zibanejad looks more NHL-ready. And they've got Rattie going to the Sens at #21.

Not sure if you are aware but the Sens have said numerous times NHL readyness is not a factor.

It really just seems like Zibanejad would go ahead of Couturier because of late hype. Seeing both, there's nothing that shows me that Couturier isn't the better prospect. I would have loved to see Zibanejad in the CHL to get a fair comparison.

Big Ev wrote:It really just seems like Zibanejad would go ahead of Couturier because of late hype. Seeing both, there's nothing that shows me that Couturier isn't the better prospect. I would have loved to see Zibanejad in the CHL to get a fair comparison.

Gotta trust the scouts at this point.

NEELY wrote:

Big Ev wrote:It really just seems like Zibanejad would go ahead of Couturier because of late hype. Seeing both, there's nothing that shows me that Couturier isn't the better prospect. I would have loved to see Zibanejad in the CHL to get a fair comparison.

Gotta trust the scouts at this point.

You're right, but the scouts still rank Couturier high on average, according to Mackenzie's list. I just really don't enjoy the idea of the Sens passing on Couturier if they were choosing between him and Zibanejad. I would have no problem passing on Couturier for Strome though.

Big Ev wrote:

NEELY wrote:

Big Ev wrote:It really just seems like Zibanejad would go ahead of Couturier because of late hype. Seeing both, there's nothing that shows me that Couturier isn't the better prospect. I would have loved to see Zibanejad in the CHL to get a fair comparison.

Gotta trust the scouts at this point.

You're right, but the scouts still rank Couturier high on average, according to Mackenzie's list. I just really don't enjoy the idea of the Sens passing on Couturier if they were choosing between him and Zibanejad. I would have no problem passing on Couturier for Strome though.

If that happens there is a reason for it.

Well I hope it doesn't get to that.