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Maverick426h
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C Mark Scheifele of the Barrie Colts.
At least that's what the ESPN Insider Mock Draft thinks.
I tend to agree however that we should be gunning for a defenseman at that spot. Why on earth would we acquire Schenn at center only to draft yet another center with our best pick? I understand the importance of being strong down the middle, but we just unloaded two centers, so we can't be too concerned about any weakness at that position with just Giroux, Briere and Betts. We will clearly have to sign another center via free agency or trade and drafting a center won't likely change that. Unless, that is, we expect the soon to be 20 year old Schenn to be our third line center. I just don't know about that.
I won't pretend to have studied the draft thoroughly or anything, but it seems to me like we'd be better off picking up D Ryan Murphy of Kitchener or D Dougie Hamilton of Niagara.
At the end of the day, I guess I can't argue with simply taking the best available player when it's our turn up at 8th (and that may very well be a center). Our farm team is empty enough to handle any position regardless I suppose.
Thoughts? I am as excited as anyone for tonight.
At least that's what the ESPN Insider Mock Draft thinks.
I tend to agree however that we should be gunning for a defenseman at that spot. Why on earth would we acquire Schenn at center only to draft yet another center with our best pick? I understand the importance of being strong down the middle, but we just unloaded two centers, so we can't be too concerned about any weakness at that position with just Giroux, Briere and Betts. We will clearly have to sign another center via free agency or trade and drafting a center won't likely change that. Unless, that is, we expect the soon to be 20 year old Schenn to be our third line center. I just don't know about that.
I won't pretend to have studied the draft thoroughly or anything, but it seems to me like we'd be better off picking up D Ryan Murphy of Kitchener or D Dougie Hamilton of Niagara.
At the end of the day, I guess I can't argue with simply taking the best available player when it's our turn up at 8th (and that may very well be a center). Our farm team is empty enough to handle any position regardless I suppose.
Thoughts? I am as excited as anyone for tonight.
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