With the Devils winning the lottery, the Oilers retain the first overall pick in the draft in June. A disappointing result for Sens fans but certainly not something to panic over. The Senators have the assets to move up should they chose to do so, and if they don't, it still looks like they will get one of the forwards we have talked about over the course of the season.
Here is a look at the North American skater ratings that were released the other day.
| 1 | NUGENT-HOPKINS, RYAN | WHL | 04/12/93 | 6' 0.5" | 164 | C | 69 | 31 | 75 | 106 | 51 |
| 2 | LANDESKOG, GABRIEL | OHL | 11/23/92 | 6' 0.5" | 207 | LW | 53 | 36 | 30 | 66 | 61 |
| 3 | HUBERDEAU, JONATHAN | QMJHL | 06/04/93 | 6' 1.25" | 170 | C | 67 | 43 | 62 | 105 | 88 |
| 4 | HAMILTON, DOUGIE | OHL | 06/17/93 | 6' 4.25" | 187 | D | 67 | 12 | 46 | 58 | 77 |
| 5 | BEAULIEU, NATHAN | QMJHL | 12/05/92 | 6' 1.75" | 174 | D | 65 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 52 |
| 6 | COUTURIER, SEAN | QMJHL | 12/07/92 | 6' 4" | 197 | C | 58 | 36 | 60 | 96 | 36 |
| 7 | BAERTSCHI, SVEN | WHL | 10/05/92 | 5' 10" | 181 | LW | 66 | 34 | 51 | 85 | 74 |
| 8 | STROME, RYAN | OHL | 07/11/93 | 6' 0" | 175 | C | 65 | 33 | 73 | 106 | 82 |
| 9 | MURPHY, RYAN | OHL | 03/31/93 | 5' 10.5" | 166 | D | 63 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 36 |
| 10 | SIEMENS, DUNCAN | WHL | 09/07/93 | 6' 2.5" | 192 | D | 72 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 121 |
1. Chirp, not sure what you've heard on this yet. Will the Sens try to trade up or do they think there's a guy projected 6 they want?
2. Did anyone else think B-Murr was a bit of a spazz tonight? All of the other GMs gave nothing away, then Murray goes and admits there are 5-6 guys the Sens like but yes there is one guy in particular they really want.
Couturier would be nice, big kid already and will only get bigger.
Size has to be one. When they list 6' tall you know they actually mean 5'10"... Hopefully Couturier is still available at the 6th pick.
So all the people who were happy about that pointless run at the end of the season, do you think it was worth it after the terrible season the team had? To move up Murray is going to need to give up a good asset.
This is a sad day for almost any hockey fan with the exception of NJ fans, of course.
Yeah, all 10 of them ...
Maybe, but it's not like he told anyone anything that wasn't common knowledge. I'm sure all GMs have a few guys in mind and one or two players in particular that they'd really like.
Now if he said we really like that Landeskog kid, there may be reason to worry.
RNH is lanky, Landeskog is dominating junior cause he's in a man's frame (210 lbs) and I don't see him doing AS well in the show...
Strome and Huberdeau are 2 of the youngest players in the draft and will need an extra yr in jr, and Couturier played in the WJC.
We'll get a good player here!
I'd rather Murray move up the Nashville pick, or their own 2nd to get a 3rd 1st rounder (perhaps Olecsiak, McNeil or Scheifele)
He's gonna need to be savvy in the months ahead. Didn't seem that way to me tonight.
NJ was the 8th lowest team. EIGHTH. THAT'S 3.6 PERCENT.
Goodness.
First the team loses when you want it to win. Then the team starts winning when you want it to lose.
At least we now have a bonafide #1 goalie. Plus, Melnyk and upper management finally realized that this team needs significant work before we can compete for the Cup.
Hopefully Murray can pull off some drafting magic and land 1 or 2 top 3 forwards.
2 Gabriel Landeskog..COL
3 Adam Larsson.>FLA
4 Jonathan Huberdeau>>>NJ
5 Dougie Hamilton>>NYI
6 Sean Couturier>>SENS
Fits everyones needs Snow wants a big Dmen ( no bigger then Hamilton) Nj needs (C) Zajic with parise and Huberdeau for Kovy. Col gets a forsberg LW in landeskog..
Maybe there could be a deal with FLA ..What do you think Chirp ???
How do you figure? He didn't mention which player he had in mind. Are you worried the player he eventually picks will have his feelings hurt? These kids are already ranked so it should come as no surprise to them if teams prefer other players.
Can't say I am surprised that the largest US market with best potential revenue upside from the buzz of a top pick would win (a la Chicago a few years back). I certainly can understand why Atlanta or Columbus did not move up - small market teams with no huge upside.
I vote for full disclosure.
Vancouver - Boston for the cup!
look at what happended last year, the best player to come out of the draft was Skinner @ #7, Cam Fowler @#12
we are @ 6 and im thinking New Jersey, New York will grab a D-men.
Um... How can you get a 48.7% chance (or whatever Edmonton had) with only 10 balls.
Actually, the 6th recruit according to Central Scouting is Sean Couturier, who is probably the most NHL ready in the top ten, given his age and his experience.
So, if we do draft him, it isn't a loss. We get a guy who meets our expectations of bringing in someone who can very well start next season and fills the void down the middle.
If we don't get SC, big deal we draft Ryan Strome. Anyway you look at it, we are getting a player who will help this franchise either next season [SC], or in a year.
TO answer the question about STROME. He isnt small anymore, check ohl website 6 foot 1, 183 Lbs.
He is BETTER than Courturier and Huberdeau by far. I hope to god other teams dont know that.
We give up our late 1st and a 2nd (throw in a Regin if needed) to get a second or third pick. We then would get 2/3 and 6th pick. Not bad for a rebuild year if you ask me.
Colorado - landeskog
Florida - Nugent-Hopkins
New Jersey - Murphy
New York - Hamilton
Ottawa - Huberdeau
Atlanta - Couturier
I don't f'ing get some of you.
So they didn't get 1st overall. Wahhhhh. Are we done crying yet?
What is the difference really between 5th and 6th? Since just about everyone here had a hard-on for Landeskog (and I can't exactly figure out why, he had the worst stats of all the ranked forwards), they weren't going to move into a position to draft him unless they got 1st. So there's little to no difference between 5th and 6th.
If Murray really wants Landeskog, and he's available when Florida picks, then maybe he can package up #6 along with someone like Regin to move up to #3.
There's possibilities here, but the only thing that makes no sense is feeling sorry for ourselves because of what has happened.
Take a moment, utter a single curse word, now move on.
I think if Landeskog is still available @#3, i can see murray package both 1th round picks for Florida pick.
Strome - Murray likes this guy. He has tremendous hands and can dangle with the best of them. He got 106 points in the OHL and will be no slouch in the NHL. He put on weight last summer, and will continue to develop over time. I hate to be this guy, but i'm related to someone high up in the OHL who says Strome is amazing and can dangle with the best of them
Oh it's not the players I'm worried about, it's the other GMs. Look, I'm not saying he really screwed up, I'm just saying it doesn't help any negotiations with other GMs in the future when you're the only one to admit on national tv that there is ONE player you really want.
It SUCKS that we got bumped to the 6th pick, but it's not like there aren't players that the Sens fans or Organization like that are projected to go around there. HUBERDEAU is still a possibility (long shot though) But one of Couturier and STROME are likely going to be available.
I think you may see Murray grab STROME with our 6th and ZIBANEJAD with our pick from Nash OR Couturier with our 6th and Peumpel with our pick from Nash.
The fact is Strome or Couturier with our 6th pick is pretty damn good....and the measure of success for Ottawa in this draft is how they manage their other picks for this years draft.
@bodyczech
There is no trading for Parise......the only way the Sens are getting him is via a HUGE RFA offer sheet.
Interesting depending on what we have to give up. I know this isn't popular, but I kinda feel like Michalek -- though he is skilled -- is never gonna help us win much. Is he the guy we package to move up and grab Skog...and is it worth it?
Doesn't sound like either will be available when we select with NSH pick.
Really this worries you? Did all 29 other GMs just fall off the apple cart? They all know that every GM out there has 1 guy at the top of the list, that's the reason for having a list you start with your favorite and work your way down. No shocker here.
Don't get these conspiracy theorists going...they really need to give their collective heads a shake...
Yeah, it does. Would rather see Murray play it close. Ever read this book?:
http://www.amazon.com/Moneyball-Art-Winning-Unfair-Game/dp/0393324818/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1302657657&sr=8-1
Tonight he reminded me of Omar Minaya.
doubt there is any chance we get who they want at 6th thats for sure.
It is what it is I guess.
I take that deal anytime...
PS I left the habs off there on purpose
I suspect it's not worthwhile to move up because there'll still be 2-3 great prospects at 6th no matter how you slice it and because it would probably cost us more than a rebuilding team should part with.
Like at least a few others here, my guess is Murray wants Landeskog.
I can't imagine a trade for the pick as opposed to an upgrade package, so what do people feel would be a reasonable deal (ie one I won't immediately shit on because it's obviously a better deal for the Sens) to move up?
Please note our pick plus Kuba actually moves us down ;)
Agreed but having Anderson warm the bench after he was signed would have been even better....
To me, this is the kind of thing I would avoid, and I assume Murray would too. If Fisher can be traded for a first rounder, then Michalek is worth one as well.
Way too high a price tag for a draft with one distinct prized target.
Sens take Courterier at 6th, and we trade up using Nashville's pick, and get Strome, or Huberdeau as well...
Not bad. Since it is unlikely we can deal for top 1 or 2, even with our defensive depth, I expect we move up with Nashville's pick, instead of moving up to get Landeskog, even though it is known Sens like him.
KJ
If Florida's the partner here, not sure what they need. I would think Michalek's the biggest asset we could package with a pick (or two). What's the least we could realistically give up though? Weircoch? Lee?
Well put! Good perspective. Should shut up an awful lot of whiners too!
http://twitter.com/SunGarrioch - See Brian Elliott for details if you're wondering why sherman shouldn't make another trade with ottawa. #sens
nashville's first and regin?
I'm thinking it will go:
1. RNH
2. Larsson
3. Landeskog
After that Devils have all the power. Hamilton/Coutur ier/Huberdeau. Whoever they take controls who we get. If Florida and Jersey both pick centers Ottawa will either have to gamble on Strome or take the better prospect in Dougie Hamilton. Not a position I want the team to be in. Just pray that someone takes Hamilton before 6th and everything stays the same as if we were picking 5th.
Quoting jasonontheoldsenschirp:
I'd do it for a top three. But if you were Florida, would you?
Right. I've only seen Couturier play a couple of times but for some reason I keep thinking of Getzlaf who was tall and really lanky but has turned into a bruiser after he figured out how to use his size. I think of COuturier being a little less physical with maybe a little more scoring upside.
That's the attitude more of us need to adopt. We are rebuilding - but I look at it more like re-tooling. Personally I have the attitude that Melnyk does and think that this is going to be a turn around more like what Philly did a few years ago vs what EDM is in the process of. We have quite a few diamonds in the rough that few people talk about/know about....with our picks this year we will be poised to really push this rebuild/re-tool forward.
I will go so far as to say that contrary to what many Leaf fans may think, the Sens will make the playoffs again, before the LEafs do or at the vary least at the same time the Leafs FINALLY qualify for the playoffs again.
the future is bright so let's stay positive !!!
9th - Lee
9th - Cowen
6th - Strome
vs.
1st - Hall
2nd - Larsson
1st - Tavares
Which team would you rather be? That's the difference between picking 1st/2nd multiple times and drafting 5th-10th multiple times. Pretty hard to rebuild around 5th-10th overall picks. They often make nice complimentary pieces but you rarely get a star.
how about you add karlsson in there instead of lee, then we can talk...and how do you know that strome is not going to be better than tavares and hall? Neither of them have proven anything in the NHL yet, they aren't dominating (like stamkos) like they should be. now try this.
9th-Cowen (projected as top 3, and we havn't seen him play yet)
7th-Skinner
15th- Karlsson
Now who do u like?
1. RNH
2.Larsson
3.Land
4. Huberdeau
I assume Hamilton will go 5th SO Strome and Couturier are left.
Out of those 2 I would take Couturier since he can move to play to LW like he did before being a Center man if I'm not mistaken. But you Never know Maybe a Guy like Huberdeau will slip to 6th just like Cam Fowler did with Anaheim so I'm not really worried every GM and organization have different scouts which means different point of views...
http://www.binghamtonsenators.com/news/topnews/index.html?article_id=1036
Saw a snippet of Couterier. Okay that guy is huge. How has he fallen to 5th/6th. How good can he be in the NHL. Spezza is 6 ft 3 but is not Ryan Getzlaf.He is coming into his own.
What can Couterier turn into at 6 ft 4. Hhow good can he e. He is big but is he any good.
If Murray wants Landeskog -- who & want will he trade to move up. Any suggestions.
I was just as pissed as everyone else when I seen Daly pull out the Devils at #4, ESPECIALLY since they are coming off all that circumvention business, that itself should have eliminated their chance of being part of the lottery, GM's should file a frickin appeal
Anyway, As previously stated Skinner was picked 7. You never know, I personally was shocked Skinner went 7th. If Murray wants Landeskog, he'll get him. Michalek is the first to go on my list so we can move up, and a team in the lower 3 or 4 of the league will bite, and we'll never see an attempt at Michalek/Spezza again, for that I'd definitely thank god. If not Michalek DAMN!!! but we have pieces to move up. It's not the end of the world.
You maybe be right.. but how does a team with a 3% chance win a lottery against 7 teams with better odds in front of them.
The hockey gods hate the Sens.. it has to be that way... there is no other explanation.
The only other option if the Sens want Landeskog is to move up... but other than Michalek, I don't want to move him.. who can they deal with and what can they move.
Will Dale Tallon do a trade down if one of the two players he wanted are gone?
you want a higher pick, move cowen to give us 3 first rounders...im sure he`s worth a top 5 at this point given he`s ready next year.
Right I see it going as this but again I'm just a hockey fan like everyone else here so feel free to tell me if I'm way off base.
Edmonton - C/D Obviously this will be RNH or Larsson
Colorado - W/D Will be either Larsson or Landeskog
Florida - everywhere Has a ton a holes they need filled a real wild care
New Jersey - C/D would probably like a two way center to play with Kovalchuk for the next billion year or a d to fit their system better.
NYI - D I see them going after a defensman that's their biggest need I think right now.
Ottawa - C/W obviously we'll have to pick from who's left hopefully all goes well and we end up with one of Strome, Coutier or Huberdeau
So quit your damn whining. Some of you sound like such bitches and it's embarrassing to our fanbase haha
Ah no. It was nice to temporarily be in a fantasy land however.
Anyways, we should be OK. If Coturier slips to 6th or we select Strome I'll be happy.
Also - for the folks who are ticked about us not tanking. Why would players want to tank or much less even not try? The reputation of not only yourself as a player (which most of which the "kids" are fighting/auditi oning for jobs next year) is on the line but the reputation of your entire organization is on the line as well. I was impressed and liked what I saw and I'd sooner have prefered to have players that care and show pride and if they do lose, do it going down swinging all the way.
Just my thoughts! :)
It's hard to 'deserve' a first overall selection... you usually get to that place by sucking the hardest. This idea that "Ottawa was TRYING but FLA, EDM, COL and NYI were all just tanking" is stupid.
Does anybody here really think Anderson would have wanted to sign here and been so HAPPY to sign here if we just benched him as soon as he got here?!?!
Would also wager large amounts of $ that there would be absolutely no conspiracy or unfairness talk if we had gotten the #1 pick, even though it was only 8.1% ;D
Honestly I expect more from Senschirp readers.
However, the more I read about Anderson, the more I feel like he was just unhappy with his situation in Colorado and had a bad year. Now he has a decent length contract, a solid #1 status as a cornerstone of a team and seems to be having a lot of fun on top of it, which is a big deal.
We'll get a good prospect and Murray will make a move or two over the summer. Partway into next season, all this concern with the last 20 games of our season will be a faint blip.
Come on Chirp....give us some sort of rumour or something so we don't need to listen to 3 months of this crap.
My picks for the first round? Strome and Puempel. We need more players with high offensive upside. Murray is good at getting NHL quality grinders and checkers through NCAA or free agency.
I just don't think any of the people being taken above us are worth the cost to upgrade the pick. The difference in stats and skill are negligible.
The major downside for Strome is that he has developing to do still. Another year of Junior, then a year in the AHL likely before he's ready to see major time with the Sens. I'm OK with that though. I don't expect this team to be fixed by next season. I'm puzzled why so many people think it will be.
Rebuilds can take many forms and I personally like the direction our team seems to be heading. Other than Chicago and Pittsburgh (them getting Crosby still pisses me off!) what other team has won purely on low draft pick?
I'm thinking Clouston already has a job with an NHL club and placed Anderson in goal each night so his team would get a better pick....
As for the draft position, I bet fans were really happy this team alledgedly tanked in 1993 to draft Daigle. How did that turn out? How exactly do you get a team to tank anyway? Sit Anderson? McElhinney was playing pretty well down the stretch too. Tell the players to not try hard for the sake of the team? When half of the team is up in the air next season, and these guys are playing for contracts and positions, it's hard to demand that.
But no, the Sens fanbase cant be wrong?!?!
They said winning games is always better for the organization and that it builds chemistry, that they will undoubtedly lose over the summer, but winning thos last meaningless games cost us a top 3 pick, and now will pick up a player that was probably not in our plans.
this is how it will work out mark my word...
1.Nugent Hopkins(center Hall, great duo to come)
2.Larsson (to play with Johnson)
3.Lagdesgok (Florida to built around him and Markstrom)
4.Murpphy (New jersey will retain Parise and will go with D)
5.hamilton/Huberdeau ( hard to predict what to do need is D)
6... TAKE YOUR PICK
But with that being said i see Ottawa trading to 3rd or at least trying... Ottawa First, Ottawa Second and 2012 Ottawa second...
Take your pick?!?!?! No that is the problem, we don't get to pick now, we get the player 5 other teams didn't want. Winning those games over the last month was horrible...We should have not been playing Anderson once signed. At least marginally increase our chances of stayin in the bottom 3.
Tcharger I agree with you, this is a loss, anyway you see it, the worst possible scenario happened. Now we have to pray some fool in the 2nd or 3rd round + becomes a gem.
I really hope we trade up, Florida has traded away both their lottery wins, so why not offer them a package deal.
Why is everyone freaking out? it is one dropped spot, 5th to 6th. BM is the one guy i want in the driver seat on draft day, he has made amazing picks way later in the first round in previous years. He has a great team of scouts and as a group they have proven their eye for talent and ability to pluck star players out of the draft.
let's call a spade a spade, during FA season it makes sense to be terrified about what 90 year old Russian BM might try to sign... but on draft day, that is where BM shines, so relax, and stop trying to over think this. Those of you who are critiquing BM's "savvy" probably have no idea what BM has in mind. I trust BM on draft day, and you should too....
Is there anything we can do now....Nope, does that mean we shouldn't be pissed off....Nope
PS I have met Landeskog through a friend and he is a great guy, but he isn't a giant, and he has definitely filled out his frame to its max potential, someone pointed out that he is a man in a boys league and i agree with that, dont give up on the smaller guys yet they still have room to grow into their frames and might have even more upside then we expect.
Landeskog has the highest goals per game avg of ALL the ranked forwards. He only played in 53 games and had 36 goals, that trumps Huberdeau who had 43 in 67.
And its not the diff between 5th and 6th, its the diff between and top 3 and out of the top 5.
It is the same reason we appear to be totally bi-polar, after one game we lose everyone should be fired, the next game we win 5-2 and everyone should be locked up for the next 15 years, after a decent month everyone expects us to compete for the playoffs next season....start looking at the whole picture and not small windows of it.
Well that pretty much sums it up, you sir are an idiot! That is why our fanbase is one of the worst in the league, fans like you that dont understand the severity of mistakes made by the front office.
Your just happy the team wins at any cost and you dont even know why, oblivious to any reprocutions that could come of it.
Everything is ok, we won ourselves out of a top 3 pick, no worries, next year will be great...*sigh*
The only way this gets fixed is if BM trades up to 3rd and get the player he had planned for.
Blake, I'm sure you are as sorry as I am that we're not nearly as smart as Tookie - what a blessing it must be to be able to see into the future and know that a top3 pick will end up WAY better than the 6th.
And unlike that idiot, Murray, Tookie would have made sure that he had players (and coaches) that had no pride, and would have no problem tanking the last 10-20 games of the season.
I'm sure Brian Murray wishes he was as smart as Tookie too.
I mean I genuinely don't even know why we got Mcelheny *sp*.. We didn't use him/try to see if he would fit on our team.
Direct message to Bryan Murray: don't trade up the draft. draft all the picks. fill our cabinets with future stars. find a Zetterberg, a few Right wingers and another Zedno Chara but if your trade some picks let's hope it's for a Zack Praise, David Booth or Rick Nash type player.
And then we face them in the first round and the true test to who is further ahead with their rebuilds will be revealed.
For all you conspiracists out there, this would be a great way to reintroduce the rivalry to this Battle of Ontario while the teams are young and build the battle with the teams as they grow. Think the NHL will make it happen? LMAO
We got him because we didn't have a reliable backup, Leclaire was fucked, and Lehner was supposed to go to the AHL to play more time. I don't think McElhinney will be back but who knows, he may be a cheap backup on a 1 yr contract.
I know theoretically that is why we got him...we didn't use him though
He will be turning 19, and therefore won't be eligible for the AHL... is sending him BACK to Brandon the right thing to do?
I say if the kid has a good camp they should give him a run. He could be a diamond in the rough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYTELsqbl64&feature=related
this kid is damn good.
Your seriously going to brag about a guy who is playing on a stacked team and playing vs the worst of his league has to offer, they beat the 16th place team and now are beating the 11th place team.
Come on man get real, if they dont win it all THAT will tell the tale of the Huberdeau led Sea Dogs.
He's a good hockey player. Wouldn't mind if the Sens drafted him.
That's all.
Imagine having a possible 1-2 centre punch of Spezza and Couturier. That'd be fun to see. Plus, by drafting a centre with their own 1st round pick, Murray could use the nashville 1st rounder to draft a winger. Zach Phillips anyone?
For those of you who want to package the draft pick....why? Why not simply stock up on the most we can. The biggest problem with draft picks is that they are unproven commodities, there are always flops, even in the #3 slot. So why not protect ourselves against this and draft our 5 picks in the first 2 rounds. This team is built around developing could players through our farm, let's please stick with that.
Then send the guys that matter back down to Bingo(where they should have been all season) and call up some of the lesser players from there.
It depends on teams' needs and the type of player they want.
Do you think it could be better for Murray to stay @ 6 (if he can't trade up that is) and concentrate on moving up with Nashville's pick? Say trying to move into top 10?
Question is -- if Nashville loses in the 1st round.. where do they seed in with the other 8 teams that lose in the 1st round? Is it based on regular season points for those teams?
First of all, i remember the road to playing Anaheim in the finals a few years back... we were fast, had heart, and work ethic. I also remember the first half of this season where it was painful to watch our guys lace up the skates because they were lethargic and uninspired. So excuse me for getting excited about these guys turning it around and getting rid of their sense of entitlement and working towards a winning record. Furthermore, I would rather be in the situation where our new draft picks were introduced to a system that rewords hard work and winning over tanking like a bunch of gutless p*****s.
If a player scheduled to go in the top three of the draft is worth it, BM will trade up for them. Otherwise, we will be fine with whoever we grab. Spezza and Anderson are two guys that hate losing, and i respect that i am glad we brought Anderson in. Tanking for a pick is just pathetic. I am glad you guys aren't running the show.
Butler skills= top 10-15 signed
Dacosta skills= top 20 signed
Cowen skills= top 5-10 9th
Runblad skills= top 5 18th?
Karlson skills= top 5 15th
Patterson skills= top 20 second round
So on so forth adding a 6th with scouts that knows whats up makes me think they will get a top skilled guy that wont bust. What I'm tryin to say they will get good player and other guys who wouldn't have gotten a chance to shine did like Condra, Greening, Shannon, Butler and develope into better players... thats a team not a bunch of good for nothins who bomb. I'm glad it's not a staff who stops team developement for a star....
UFA [Jokinen] - Spezza - Butler [he's proven himself; I think he's ready]
Michalek - Couturier - Alfie
Foligno - Regin - Neil
Greening - Winchester - Stone
Karlsson - Gonchar
Phillips - Cowen
Rundblad - Lee
Anderson
This is assuming we let Shannon walk. I really like him, but I think the youth philosophy that the team is trying to instill will make space for Greening's spot. I also have Mark Stone on the 4th, depending on if he has a good camp. He will not be AHL eligible due to his age, and sending him back to Brandon in my opinion is a waste.
Huburdeau can also play centre if he gets drafted by us, but he most likely be sent down back to the Q. Standard with young players.
I'm excited for Butler's game next season though.Would again like to see Jokinen signed. He's a good player if he plays with good linemates and also plays on the PP. I think he's worth ~$4 M/ year
The name is Andre Petersson.. now the job is to get Silvferberg under contract.
If Landskog is part of the plan he will do what he has to to make that happen.
He is building the team with players we need for the complete package.
Sit back and watch him work, Drafting is his thing.
If he thinks its worth moving up its worth moving up.
Thats why he is paid the big bucks.
We are a bunch of arm chair GMs, glad we have BM and company.
Our draft team knows way more than us about the players and what we need.
let them do their job and watch what we ice next season.
It is going to be way better than what we have seen even in the later part of the season.
Have some Faith
Tanking is something winners do not do, if you want a bunch of losers go cheer for another team, I want winners and 100% players, no more Kovi Leclaire BS