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Originally Posted by Crumpy-Gunt
Seems like there is better value going with a forward in the 1st round as there may still be some 2nd tier forwards from this draft available, being obviously behind McEichel, Marner, and Strome. A lot of very talented forwards, but I think outside of Werenski, Hanifin and Provorov I would be quite dissapointed if we went say Zboril, Roy or Chabot at 15 because I think there are comparable dmen in the 2nd round. IF we swing for one of the 2nd tier defencemen with our 15th or trade down, i would LOVE Brandon Carlo. 6'5, 200lbs, skates very good, plays a nhl type game already, projects to be a very physical stay at home defenseman with some hands, hard shot and above average skating ability for his size. He can skate the puck up and has offensive instincts but prefers to hold the fort down. He has the highest ceiling of any defenceman who will be going outside the top 10 in my opinion.
The reason I say there is value in taking a forward in the 1st round is you wont find Konecny, Crouse, Gruyanov, Rantanen, Meier, Svechnikov eype players in the 2nd round like you may at 15th overall. But you could argue there are some 2nd round defencemen who arent far off Roy/Chabot/Zboril.
I think we should push hard for a power forward.
Crouse should be there when we pick! Amazing since he was ranked 5th overall by a bunch of NHL scouts in the preseason. Not to mention he has fantastic chemistry with Sam Bennett. Crouse plays like a bit smaller version of hunter smith, with more skill and speed, better hands and offensive instincts.
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Disagree with the comment on the quality of dmen available in the second round. After Chabot Roy and Zboril, the quality of days propects falls off considerably. There are a lot of one dimensional undersized d in this draft. The three d mentioned appear to be the most rounded d out there and the quality drops off after them.
Like others have mentioned, Crouse is unlikely not available at our pick and the other f available have warts. The 3 d might be the bpa at our selection and as sexy as it might be to pick a high octane F in the first round, picking a cornerstone d isn't the worst thing in the world.