Listening to the fan last night, in their mock draft Loubardias took Horvat with the Flames #6 pick.....and that was with both Monahan and Lindholm still on the board.
Listening to the fan last night, in their mock draft Loubardias took Horvat with the Flames #6 pick.....and that was with both Monahan and Lindholm still on the board.
Russian winger Valeri Nichushkin may be the most interesting prospect heading into draft day. ESPN's Craig Custance wrote a column discussing him as the wildcard at the top of the draft, and that's a very appropriate description. I've heard a few NHL scouts say they believe Nichushkin will fall past Edmonton at No. 7, while numerous other sources feel he will go in the top four.
When asked by the Russian publication R-Sport where he thinks he will be picked, Nichushkin said, "I know that Tampa Bay and Nashville want to choose me."
re. the Canucks 2010 list, I imagine every team in the league has a list that looks drastically different than draft publications, or how the actual draft plays out.
I hope he's right. If somebody ahead of us takes Nichushkin, that means we will have our pick out of AT LEAST two of Barkov, Monahan and Lindholm. Most likely the latter two.
I hope he's right. If somebody ahead of us takes Nichushkin, that means we will have our pick out of AT LEAST two of Barkov, Monahan and Lindholm. Most likely the latter two.
After getting burned by Radulov, why would the preds pick another Russian? I don't buy it.
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re. the Canucks 2010 list, I imagine every team in the league has a list that looks drastically different than draft publications, or how the actual draft plays out.
Yup, pretty much.
I've interviewed NHL guys and they tell me their final list is usually about 100 guys, cause they still have people among the team's top 100 available in the 7th round (210 picks overall).
General manager Jay Feaster knows just how important this year's draft is to the future of the franchise.
"The importance of this draft is not lost on the organization and it certainly isn't lost on the management of the organization," he said.
In one day, the Flames have the opportunity to change the face and fortunes of the franchise, starting with their highest pick in the process since 1999.
And Feaster could have his sights set on moving even higher.
"I think that the right scenarios, we may be able to do something," Feaster said of the potential to move up in the first round.
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Feaster has done his homework on which teams are willing to part with their pick -- for a price.
"We at least know which teams are willing to do something, and if they are, what it would take to do that, and I think also which teams aren't willing to do that," he said. "I don't want to call it traction, but I think there is a good understanding which picks might be in play."
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ccording to assistant general manager of player personnel John Weisbrod, a player's league has zero influence on whether or not they will become a member of the Flames on June 30th. "If we draft seven guys from the Quebec league this year because that's where they fall or from the Western league or from Europe, then that's where it falls," Weisbrod said. "Europe is probably one of the area where you'd say there's some significant cultural differences that you have to take into account but whether it's high school or college or USHL or OHL or Western league, I put very little stock in the differential."
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