Comments on: Dispelling Myths: Are top 3 picks a crap shoot?

By: Racki

Racki — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:46:56 +0000

I agree with that. It’s tough to say who will be the better player in a few years though… if it’s Seguin, then obviously drafting him would be the right choice. If it’s Hall, well, then it should be him. I don’t care much about the position either. People forget we’ve got Gagner, Brule, Potulny and Cogliano down the middle (in addition to Horcoff, Pouliot, and perhaps Eberle who has played center). Really, it would be nice to have a center to build around, but I think Gagner fits that mold well enough. A line of Hall, Gagner and Eberle might be a bit small, but they’d be a pretty dangerous group on the PP a few years from now, I would think.

I’ll take whomever is better though. I’m not convinced it’s Hall nor am I convinced it’s Seguin. Most scouts say there is very little separation between the two, and CSS only gave Seguin the #1 slot because they were equal, but a centreman is generally the better player to build around.

By: edmontonfanman

edmontonfanman — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:03:15 +0000

great post.
i agree with the concensus of taking hall and i think that maybe people are looking into what we need right now more than what we should have in the future.
we are rebuiding, why would we pick seguin if we think hall is better just cause we need a centre now.
hall said he can play centre and eberle is also a centre and right winger.
it wouldn’t make sense to go for someone who isnt the best player just because they fit your team now when your looking to build around this pick.

in my dream world we trade hemsky and souray for bostons first round pick and if they want more throw in cogliano (who i love but we have a bigger speedy man in MPS who can score) or even a first round draft pick for next year because its doubtful we will have a chance to get these quality of players next year.

By: Racki

Racki — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:58:53 +0000

Yah I kind of have to wonder what kind of value they really could get for swapping #1 and #2 picks. I’d guess they’d be lucky to get a 2nd rounder in addition to the #2 pick. Wouldn’t think they’d get an additional 1st though, since the top 3 picks seem to be close in potential. And sounds like it’s starting to get a little deeper beyond that if some other players are pushing Fowler for #3 spot (unless that is because Fowler’s stock is dropping moreso than the others’ stock is rising). There’s a couple others in the top 10 that would be nice to have too.

So hopefully in one of these trades the Oilers make, they manage to swindle away a draft pick. Maybe they can swing a deal with the Coyotes for the Flames #1 pick

By: GreenHick

GreenHick — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:51:51 +0000

The other guy who was impressive, and I’m surprised TSN has him at #15, is Etem. Now he’s fast, and apparently goes at 194 lbs., which would make him very hard to defend. He looks closer to the #5-10 area, than to #15.

By: GreenHick

GreenHick — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:26:23 +0000

Racki, I agree that El Nino seems to be the real deal. He has an NHL game, goes to the net, and seems to be a big-game, big-moment guy. Could definitely see him top-five.

If Oilers happen to get #1 pick, I’d be tempted to trade it for the number 2, if they can get Seguin for giving up #1, along with a first pick in the second round.