Interesting difference between ISS and Redline, as well as I found it interesting that Poo had a better equivalency as a 18 year old than Eberle…kinda shows what impact injury can have on a player.

And while I’m giving props to one of my favorite blogs, MC79Hockey and Black Dog both have good reads up lately too.

edit: Actually I forgot about Chorney, so I guess that’s close enough to 50/50.

Souray should be gone next year, so unless they bring in a replacement D for him, that shifts the balance a bit more defensively, but Petry should be in within a couple of years too.

On Seguin, he’s really looking like the top guy at this point and all the scouts are saying it too. To be honest, I’m very comfortable with him or Hall at this point.
@ Racki, I think we should do what we can to trade up for Neidoreiter. The kid looks great and plays on a shit team. They look decent in the standings, but they’ve sucked arse the last few years. I’m thinking he’s under-rated because of the team he’s on and that it’s not really close to many other junior team clusters like out East where you can see 14 teams in a week very easily.

I’m thinking we trade Souray and Penner to move up plus get a prospect.

Off topic, but what does everyone think of Aaron Johnson? I’m pretty impressed with the kid. He’s big, rangy, tough and sound defensively and makes a good outlet. Also he hits a lot. I am definitely hoping they re-sign him for next year. Say a one year deal for him at less than 1 mill. I’m thinking he’d jump at it, but maybe I’m miscalculating his worth at this stage. Anyways, I think he’d be good to keep around.

As much as I like Neidoreiter, I don’t think he is worth Cogs and picks. Cogs was a first-rounder too remember and is getting better every year. That said I am unsure what bundle would get us the 6-10th pick that we need to aquire him.

Florida’s pick would give us a lock, but Tampa or even the Rangers pick could do it depending on where things play out. Tampa may not need the youth as much and could part with the pick for maybe Souray and our 2nd rounder. Although I may be over-valueing what Souray is worth considering no one will have seen him play since the surgery and that makes him a wild card.