Things i didnt like:
Missed on a pile of my hopefuls: beaudoin, letourneau, miettinen, hage, brunicke, stiga to name a few. However the run on centers in the twenties wasn’t something we could control and the prices to move up in this supposedly mediocre draft were pretty high. Not on conroy.
Unfortunately some of the same old same old showed up, considering we grabbed parehk news we tried to move up supposedly for iginla are concerning, however not sold on a possible rumour as i think they thought they had a shot at demidov which i would have been ok with. Again this is my rumour mongering, and demidov would have been the only guy i had interest in moving up for.
What i liked:
Parehk is a great pick hard to argue.
Had gridin on the radar but had centers ahead if him, le sigh. Not that i mind the pick mind you but saw him in the second.
Battaglia interest and went right where we picked him.
Mews and misa might be steals especially where we got them. Misa might be a real coup.
Basha good pick roughy where he was projected. Other guys will watch development.
Overall: really good draft injecting some high end skill with misa, parehk, basha.
Also we quietly added both a first and a second for next years draft something we cant overlook.
In just over a year we have turned a defensive dearth into a strength. Adding three more defenders including a real talent in parehk, with a really nice mix of defensive and offensive accumens.
Our strength on wing got strengthier adding basha and battaglia to an already deep winger pool.
Honestly add a couple of high end centers to this group and we really have something.
In all my years watching this team im not sure i have been as excited as i am now and considering we could add another first and a couple of seconds next year as guys like kuzmenko, sharangovich, kadri, backs, Anderson decide whether they are staying or going.
I am most excite.
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