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CalamityX11
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We wen goalie in the 2nd....
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The guy on D is more depth, I think he'll be solid. Makes it easier to stomach if/when we move guys.
The guy we took in the third I've seen predicted that his skill should translate well to the NHL. He's not nearly as tiny as Tedenby. If he puts on 10 pounds or so he'll be fine. 5'11" 195-200 can cut it.
As for the goalie, if he's still here when Cory's contract is up he'll only be 25. If he was the best guy on the board then why not take him? As stated, I count Palmeri as our 2nd round pick so this pick was a bit of a luxury pick.
All in all I like our moves, I like the direction we're heading. We now have 6 young guys offensively that I feel will be competent NHL players (Palmeri, Zacha, Britney Spears, Quennville, Boucher, Matteau). We have goaltending depth now that we didn't have and we padded our D even more. More speed and skill, lots to like.
I for one am excited to see how Zacha works out for us. I really like the clips I've seen of the kid.I feel good about the draft as well.
I'm actually excited about the Goalie. He'll be the best goalie prospect to come in over the past 10 years. I'd have preferred Provorov over Zacha but Zacha was my 2nd choice. I also am not that big on the Britney Spears pick but hopefully he can prove me wrong. The other guys - White and Seney seem like excellent choices from their draft position.
The scouts have done really well the past few years with the picks we've had. I was looking back at the 2011 draft and we have Larsson(4th) playing top pair minutes, Boucher(99th) and Scarlett(159th) seem ready for the NHL, and Coleman(75th) is progressing well. 3-4 possible NHLers in a draft where we only had 1 pick in the top 60 is amazing.
And done!So can we sign Zacha already ???
If it took this long for Ray I wonder how this would've went with lou