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Originally Posted by Fan69
The one thing i was unaware was he is center capable. For myself i was hoping to snag Beaudoin, with 28, miettinen or brunicke or letourneau with the first second and skahan or fisher with the lower second.
My draft looks like it this if everything was equal:
Whoever is left of buium,dickinson, catton, tij or parehk. (Although i have a strong suspicion that Helenius is high on their list)
Beaudoin, artamanov/ badinka #28
Miettinen/letourneau/badinka #41
Fisher/skahan. #62
Perfect world?
Dickinson at nine this line up.
Beaudoin
Miettinen
Fisher
Catton at nine:
Badinka
Miettinen or Beaudoin based in whos there and scouts
Fisher
I dont know what do you think of coming out of round one and two with those aquisitions?
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Miettenen actually had quite a good faceoff % this year in the WHL, 55% I believe as a 17/18 year old.
If we take a D with Pick 9, then if Beaudoin is still there at 28, I would take him over Miettenen, I agree with you there. I suspect he won't be, based on his strong U18 play and another high floor, compete and physical shape.
If you can come away with Beaudoin and Miettenen at 28 and 41, that immediately boosts the Flames centre depth by quite a bit. Both are a big stretch to be a #1 centre, but they can be good pros in the Middle six.
Letorneau is also a decent bet at 41. I'd be happy with that too.
If we take a forward at 9, then a Badinka could be a good one at 28. 6'3 RHD, good mobility, speed, played in the SHL.
After the top 6 big D and then Solberg and Jiricek, the rest of the defense have quite limited upside from what I've read. But Badinka seems to be the most well-rounded of the bigger defensemen. I just wouldn't want a Charlie Elick type at 28 personally...would like the opportunity to have more of a puck-mover guy like Badinka.
Harrison Brunicke would also be a good pick for a defenseman...again fairly under the radar guy who played on a bad WHL team.
Admittedly don't know a lot about Fischer.