2012 NHL Draft

and he is black. And MAlcolm X was a black rights activist. And X is the roman numeral for 10, and Subban is now in the top 10 on Craig Button's list.

Big Ev wrote:really TSN...

That's almost as offensive as someone tweeting as "PK Subban's Nostrils."

Riprock wrote:and he is black. And MAlcolm X was a black rights activist. And X is the roman numeral for 10, and Subban is now in the top 10 on Craig Button's list.

Thanks for clearing that up. I knew it'd be you or Prags.

Are you serious or were you being facetious, cause I can't tell.

So where will the Sens be drafting?

Any interest in Brendan Gaunce (C) or Matt Finn (D) for the Sens?

shabbs wrote:So where will the Sens be drafting?

Any interest in Brendan Gaunce (C) or Matt Finn (D) for the Sens?

I think we draft 15th?

Griffin Reinhart, FTW! http://thehockeywriters.com/griffin-reinhart-the-next-ones-2012-nhl-draft-prospect-profile/

Doubt he falls to 15 though.

Given that most of us want the Sens to draft a d-man in the first round, their could be any one of the following available:

Morgan Rielly, Cody Ceci, Reinhart, Olli Maatta, Matt Finn, Slater Koekkoek, and Derrick Pouliot.

Really like Maatta the more I read about him.

Pouliot and Cecil might be gone at 15.

No Swedish forward? Colbert and Aberg are the 2 I think.

We'll see...

I'm on the Matt Finn train... woo woo!!!!

Central Scouting has Maatta ranked ahead of Trouba, Reinhart, Dumba, and Pouliot...so the scouts would agree with you, SD!

Reinhart won't get past the top 10. Too much to like about him.

NEELY wrote:Reinhart won't get past the top 10. Too much to like about him.

I agree, I don't see him falling outside the top 10. Maybe Ottawa will trade up for him!!! Or maybe there's so many D on the table in the first round that we'll be content with any number of them at pick #15.

I'll assume Murray finds the sleeper again and either trades up to get the guy or trades down because he's a true sleeper. Either way, Ottawa will be picking up a D man.

SpezDispenser wrote:Really like Maatta the more I read about him.

Pouliot and Cecil might be gone at 15.

No Swedish forward? Colbert and Aberg are the 2 I think.

We'll see...

heh heh you're welcome. Hes playing great for the knights, wouldn't be surprised if he slipped down into the top 10.

sens4win wrote:

SpezDispenser wrote:Really like Maatta the more I read about him.

Pouliot and Cecil might be gone at 15.

No Swedish forward? Colbert and Aberg are the 2 I think.

We'll see...

heh heh you're welcome. Hes playing great for the knights, wouldn't be surprised if he slipped down into the top 10.

Yeah, it's friggin hard to keep all these kid's names straight, but good call on him.

tim1_2 wrote:Central Scouting has Maatta ranked ahead of Trouba, Reinhart, Dumba, and Pouliot...so the scouts would agree with you, SD!

Madness...I don't see how a team would take Maatta ahead of Trouba or Reinhart - or even Pouliot. Don't know much about Dumba, but the other guys seem like slam dunks to go in the 10-15 range, while I think Maatta might fall right in our lap.

Maybe this happened recently that he surged ahead of those other guys. As S4 was saying, he's been excellent in the OHL playoffs.

There's been a lot of injuries this year in the top end of the 2012 draft prospects... so we may be in for some surprises when the draft rolls around...

shabbs wrote:There's been a lot of injuries this year in the top end of the 2012 draft prospects... so we may be in for some surprises when the draft rolls around...

We're not quite in the position to really take advantage - that's been in the 11-13 range in the last little while (Gormley, Fowler and more I can't remember), but it could really push a gem our way - like Maatta, Trouba, Reinhart.

As mentioned, maybe we try to move up and nab someone different.

If you think about it, if all those d-men you listed are top 15 picks, then there is a good chance that the Sens will be able to get one of them, or another not mentioned, based on this:

NHL Central Scouting lists their top NA Skaters as:

Nail Yakupov, Ryan Murray, Mikhail Grigorenko, Alex Galchenyuk, and Morgan Reilly.

Ceci is 6th, Maatta is 8th, Trouba 9th, Reinhart 10th, Dumba 11th, Pouliot 12th, Gaunce 13th, and Finn 16th.

Already, that is 13 players rumoured and projected to be top 15 picks, and I haven't even mentioned Forsberg (which makes 14).

Outside of that, Martin Frk is another guy who could be a top 6 sniper winger.