[Caged Great]

Ekblad doesn't appear to think the game extremely well, and is not the fastest player out there. The rest of his skills though are fairly decent. Doing a direct comparable, he reminds me a lot of Zach Bogozian. A solid player, but not exactly a cornerstone piece.

If Ekblad is a "Bogo" type defenseman (solid #3), and you have the opportunity to get either Reinhart (Monahan 2.0) or Bennett (who looks a little bit like Matt Duchense), I would rather go with the forward.