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2012 Draft: June 22 & 23 - Habs pick 3rd

Assuming Yakupov isn't available; the rest are: who is YOUR pick at #3 for the Habs?

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Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Rolex said:
I agree with everything you say....

However, i've been very hesitant through the years to believe all the hype about prospects....remember when Tavares was 16 and people were saying he's the next superstar that will burn the league...well he's a great player, but he's not ''Crosby'' or ''Malkin'' great....remember how people were salivating at Esposito and were saying he's a sure top pick...by his second junior season he dropped in the rankings...I remember people saying Kessel is a no-brainer top pick.....his stock dropped from January to June draft day...he got picked 5th finally...

I agree that McKinnon is said to be a ''sure'' future superstar, but i'll wait until he completes his junior years before saying he's the next big thing

The funniest thing in all this is that people were overlooking the 2007 draft saying it was weak compared to the 2008 one (Tavares)....Some even said that Tampa would have been better to suck the following year to get Tavares instead of this year and get Stamkos

The 2007 draft was ended up being one of the best top 10 in recent years....Stamkos and all those stud dmen....sometimes you can't overlook a draft because people say it's a weak one
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Oh, I definitely agree, a lot of things can change in a year. Take Nick Ebert. Last summer, he was widely considered the second or third best d-man available for this draft. It would be an absolutely shocker if he was picked in the first round come June. Like Esposito with Radulov, he was the product of playing with an elite player in Ryan Ellis. Once they left, suddenly they weren't nearly as good as previously believed.

Like with those two, it'll be interesting so see how Sean Monahan plays next season without Tyler Toffoli and possibly without Shane Prince on his team. There's some speculation that Seth Jones will be headed to the CHL next season, interested in seeing how he'd play against OHL'ers (I think he'd be in the OHL, not sure). Hunter Shinkaruk won't have Emerson Etem to play with next season, wondering how he'll answer to that challenge.

The progression/regression of prospects is really the funnest part about watching them. It's really enjoyable to watch how they do over just a year's time.

I'll just add that if Tavares had had the fortunate of playing with a better, more established supporting cast in his first few years, he'd have gotten much better results.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

No doubt, Tavares is the real deal...would love to have him on our team.

But between Tavares and Stamkos, I gotta go with Stamkos simply based on the fact he has more high-end speed....the main knock on Tavares is his skating..... But that didn't prevent guys like Heatley and Robitaille from scoring 50 goals a few times in their careers....
 
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Just saw this on another board, allegedly taken from TSN

You know we will end up with him :rolleyes:

Mikhail Grigorenko: There had been whispers over the past month that all may not be wonderful when it comes to the scouting world's perception of Grigorenko's competitiveness, but the whispers have grown into full-blown skepticism in some circles. "He could fall right off the map," said one scout who asserted that his club won't be considering him in the first round.

"He doesn't want to compete. If he's there at 25 and we are picking, we go by him."

It'd be just our luck to draft him and turn out to be a bust
 
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Come on....if he's at 25 they wouldn't take a chance on him.....suuuuuuuuuuuuure !!!
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Sportsnet West is having a game between Saskatoon Blades & Swift Current.

Our draft pick, Darren Dietz, is most likely going to be on Saskatoon's top pairing.

There's also Lukkas Sutter, a projected 2nd round pick in this year's draft, playing for Saskatoon.
 
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GGpX said:
Sportsnet West is having a game between Saskatoon Blades & Swift Current.

Our draft pick, Darren Dietz, is most likely going to be on Saskatoon's top pairing.

There's also Lukkas Sutter, a projected 2nd round pick in this year's draft, playing for Saskatoon.
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He seems like he has some "shit disturber" quality in him.
 
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We are drafting #3 as we speak....


Who do you take ? Tough call between Murray and Galchenyuk ....

Murray is more of a consensus pick at #3....most mock drafts have him going #3 or 4....

I think you gotta go with the stud dmen.....if we had McDonaugh, we could take a chance and go slightly off the board and pick Alex Galchenyuk who is more of a #5-6 pick than a #3 according to most mock drafts
 
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I just hope the two Russians are taken. Well one of them will be for sure but I hope Grigorenko is too. Those two have bust written all over them, especially if they come to Montreal.

I hope we go with the low maintenance Swede. A scout on Mathias Brunet's blog has compared Forsberg to Alfredsson.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Roof Daddy said:
I just hope the two Russians are taken. Well one of them will be for sure but I hope Grigorenko is too. Those two have bust written all over them, especially if they come to Montreal.

I hope we go with the low maintenance Swede. A scout on Mathias Brunet's blog has compared Forsberg to Alfredsson.
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How does Yakupov have bust written all over him? Grigorenko maybe, but I still think he'll be a star.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Rolex said:
We are drafting #3 as we speak....


Who do you take ? Tough call between Murray and Galchenyuk ....

Murray is more of a consensus pick at #3....most mock drafts have him going #3 or 4....

I think you gotta go with the stud dmen.....if we had McDonaugh, we could take a chance and go slightly off the board and pick Alex Galchenyuk who is more of a #5-6 pick than a #3 according to most mock drafts
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I dunno, Galchenyuk could be that big talented centre we've been dying to land for decades.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Habspatrol said:
How does Yakupov have bust written all over him? Grigorenko maybe, but I still think he'll be a star.
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I don't know, I just have that feeling. I don't think either are going to be a Malkin or a Datsyuk so I would stay away from them.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Roof Daddy said:
I don't know, I just have that feeling. I don't think either are going to be a Malkin or a Datsyuk so I would stay away from them.
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So if you had the #1 overall pick you'd stay away from the undisputed consensus top player Yakupov?

Will he be another Malkin or Datsyuk? Probably not, but he has the best chance out of anyone in the draft.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

If you have the number one pick I guess you have to go with the top rated guy but I think there's a risk with him cause he's a notch below the really elite Russian players.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

All draft picks are risks to some degree. Have you checked out your "low maintenance Swede's" stats? Talk about taking a risk, the guy has never shown the ability to dominate offensively. I wouldn't get too excited just because some blogger thinks he's going to all of a sudden become a good offensive player. Forsberg would be like 6th or 7th on my list.
 
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The number one guy should not be a risk though. Should be a sure thing. If there is some doubt then maybe you should go with the safer guy. I know, Forsberg's stats are not that great. This is probably a year where the best player is chosen after the top 2 or 3 and could end up being a defenseman.
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Roof Daddy said:
The number one guy should not be a risk though. Should be a sure thing. If there is some doubt then maybe you should go with the safer guy. I know, Forsberg's stats are not that great. This is probably a year where the best player is chosen after the top 2 or 3 and could end up being a defenseman.
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But you're the only one saying that Yakupov is a risk and you don't even have any reason other than a hunch.

If Yakupov who is considered to be the closest thing to a can't miss prospect in the draft is a risk then by definition everyone is a far bigger risk.
 
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Yakupov is going to be a very good 1st line wing...40-50 goal potential from what I've seen. The guy brings it hard too...
 
Re: 2012 Draft... who do you want?

Yeah it kinda sucks that we picked this year to suck, considering how weak the draft is.

Outside of Mckinnon next year, is that draft deep?
 
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