06-28-2014, 10:46 AM
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#1881
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Caged Great
He'll likely be an NHL player, it's just that you are more or less getting Brian Boyle. That's alright I guess. I'd just rather have taken a risk on getting someone that's more than a good depth guy in the 2nd round.
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The Flames need good depth guys with size to ride shot gun with their smaller skilled players. A guy like Hunter Smith might be the guy that makes the room needed for a guy like Baertschi to become a dominant offensive force.
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06-28-2014, 10:47 AM
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#1882
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caged Great
Personally I would've taken Jack Glover with that pick, a 6-3.5 RH shooting two way defenseman who is quick on his feet.
It would've both addressed a need, and would have been a good sized player.
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That's fine to want others I just think you are selling Smith's upside way too low.
His ceiling is higher than Brian Boyle for sure.
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06-28-2014, 10:47 AM
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#1883
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caged Great
Personally I would've taken Jack Glover with that pick, a 6-3.5 RH shooting two way defenseman who is quick on his feet.
It would've both addressed a need, and would have been a good sized player.
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me to
I'd like Ivan Nikolishin in the 6th or 7th
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06-28-2014, 10:50 AM
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#1884
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Read Only
That's fine to want others I just think you are selling Smith's upside way too low.
His ceiling is higher than Brian Boyle for sure.
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Boyle's career high in points is 35. If Smith gets that many down the road, we'll all be thrilled.
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06-28-2014, 10:51 AM
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#1885
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Quote:
Originally Posted by New Era
The Flames need good depth guys with size to ride shot gun with their smaller skilled players. A guy like Hunter Smith might be the guy that makes the room needed for a guy like Baertschi to become a dominant offensive force.
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Myth.
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The upshot of this is players did indeed seem to be more productive if they had larger teammates back in the early expansion era, but it doesn’t look like this is true anymore.
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Dude, you need to catch up with the new era.
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06-28-2014, 10:51 AM
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#1886
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Calgary
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What happened with Minnesota's 6th (160)? Did they forfeit it? NHL.com has them with no selection.
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06-28-2014, 10:51 AM
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#1887
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Lifetime Suspension
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Caged Great
Boyle's career high in points is 35. If Smith gets that many down the road, we'll all be thrilled.
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If he turned into Brian Boyle I would be very happy with the puck but his ceiling is higher.
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06-28-2014, 10:52 AM
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#1888
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Some kinda newsbreaker!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Learning Phaneufs skating style
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kn
What happened with Minnesota's 6th (160)? Did they forfeit it? NHL.com has them with no selection.
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the prospect they chose wasn't in the NHL's database
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06-28-2014, 10:52 AM
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#1889
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First Line Centre
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
the prospect they chose wasn't in the NHL's database
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flashback to Tim Harrison.
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06-28-2014, 10:52 AM
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#1890
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
the prospect they chose wasn't in the NHL's database
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Who was it?
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06-28-2014, 10:52 AM
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#1891
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
the prospect they chose wasn't in the NHL's database
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They took Tim Harrison 2.0
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06-28-2014, 10:52 AM
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#1892
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Sweden
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kn
What happened with Minnesota's 6th (160)? Did they forfeit it? NHL.com has them with no selection.
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Reid Duke?
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06-28-2014, 10:53 AM
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#1893
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Resident Videologist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kn
What happened with Minnesota's 6th (160)? Did they forfeit it? NHL.com has them with no selection.
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Weird. Maybe they went with someone no one's heard of.
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06-28-2014, 10:53 AM
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#1894
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tromboner
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: where the lattes are
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sureLoss
the prospect they chose wasn't in the NHL's database
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And some people say there is no board. 
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06-28-2014, 10:53 AM
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#1895
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First Line Centre
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The thing is, this draft is meant to be pretty weak. The top 4 have first line potential, and beyond that it's apparently pretty sketchy for top 6 forwards and top defencemen. If you spot a gem of a grinder like Hunter Smith who you know is going to contribute you may as well snap him up instead of rolling the dice on a player with a supposed higher ceiling who scouts feel is a long shot to even make it (thus explaining why they are ranked so far outside of the 1st round). That's the impression I get from this draft, anyway.
Guys like McKeown and Karlsson were passed on multiple times by several teams. You have to assume that there are red flags about these players which all the main scouts didn't pass on to the media reports. Hunter Smith has been rising up the charts all year. He may have limited upside but he is someone who scouts think it a sure thing.
I know we've been burned by 'sure things' before... Just have to hope this time we get a little bit of luck.
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06-28-2014, 10:53 AM
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#1896
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary, AB
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Turn up the good, turn down the suck!
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06-28-2014, 10:54 AM
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#1897
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Adam Ollas Mattson! nice!
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06-28-2014, 10:55 AM
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#1899
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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Good Adam Ollas Mattson.
I really like this pick. He was the first guy I took in the CPHL draft last week.
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06-28-2014, 10:55 AM
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#1900
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary
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He's a big physical defenseman.
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