[dammage79]

The conversation was brought up in the prospects thread and thought it was a good idea.

I think we've all beaten the first round to death, at least the top part of it and it's fair to see what people are thinking of when it comes to the two 2nd round picks and the two 3rd round picks.


I'm hoping there will be a little bit of a Russian factor involved when it comes to Calgary's first 2nd rounder and that Nikolai Goldobin slips to the Flames.

Outside of that I feel with the 35th pick there's some decent players to be had: (note, I am listing personal preferences as everyone else will have theirs. And I am using the top 150 prospects list from THN.)

Calgary's pick:

Center Ryan MacInnis. Ranked anywhere from the mid first to the mid second round. A center with size, a great shot and a nose for the net. #2s son could be a nice find if developed properly.

LW Brendan Lemieux. Claudes son. In the prospects game he was just as pesky as his dad was. Scored a goal or two IIRC as well. Good size and can skate.

Center Connor Bleakley. Right handed, good size and has some good hands.

Defenseman Joshua Jacobs. 6'2" RH D man from the US development program. Probably a likely pick with Burkie at the helm. Skates well, shoots well, needs to find some consistency.

Defenseman Jack Glover. 6'3 Almost identical to Jacobs except I'n not reading about any consistency issues.


Colorado's Pick:

Just going to list names here.

Center Vladislav Kamenev.

LW/RW Vladimir Tkachyov

Defenseman Adam Ollas Mattsson

LW/RW Oskar Lindblom


Calgary's 3rd:

Can probably lump in some of the names from the COL pick as they'll probably be close together anyways.

Defenseman Ryan Mantha . Another big Right Handed american D-man? keep them coming and hope one sticks I guess.

LW Spencer Watson. Bennetts line mate. why not at this point.

I think there's some steals to be had in the later rounds.