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Originally Posted by FlameZilla
I would bet that the Pittsburgh pick is used to move up, and if that proves to be unsuccessful it will be used to draft Zachary Fucale.
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I don't want them to, but I have a funny feeling that the Pittsburgh pick will be used to draft Fucale. From a PR standpoint it makes a lot of sense since if they do that they can legitimately claim that they got the highest rated Goaltender in the draft class and they can sell the fanbase that they when they traded Jarome Iginla they got the "#1 Goaltender of the Future" in return.
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it is a reasonable assumption that both Edm and Phi would be interested in Nurse.
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Sure... but it'd be a reasonable assumption last year that the Oilers would have taken Murray over Yakupov (or rather traded down and taken one of the top D last year). But they love their shiny forwards to the exclusion of blueliners. Maybe MacTavish will be better then Tambolleni (hard to be much worse).
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I would really love 3 solid foundational assets to emerge from this draft. One way or another.
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Pretty sure we'll get 1 from our own pick, but 3 foundational assets might be hard considering that 20-30 picks are probably coin flips to be meaningful contributors (although solid bets to be legitimate NHL'ers) and everything past that is almost a lottory ticket to be same.