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Originally Posted by 6FeetDeep
All the teams in our division have prospects looking to make an impact (other than Minnesota) and all have 1st round picks this up-coming draft
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Paajarvi and Eberle for Edmonton could make an impact, and certainly Hodgson for the Canucks. 2 of those 3 were picked pretttty high, and Eberle's small, and Edmonton has a tendency to draft guys with promise that don't often work.
As far as your esimation that our defence prospects are mostly depth guys, I disagree. Pelech is pretty young, and for someone who was drafted not for his offence, he seems to have improved at that this year. His defense is great. Negrin and Brodie both have a good level of skill, and with Phaneuf, Bouwmeester and Regehr locked up, our defense is certainly set for a good long time, especially if we also extend Giordano. Then we also have Tim Erixon who was a pretttty recent 1st rounder. For the record, I'm not very high on Keith Aulie, but some people are. I think it could, and should be betteer, but it's not awful, and other than top 10 selections, I like our system better.