button's got him at the 5 spot. i saw that highlight clip of him last week...nice hands, good skater. do you think he'd be available at 6 still or a shoe-in for top 5?

flyers need to draft some forwards - he's got a dman at #6. i know the flyers always say they'll draft by BPA regardless of position or need. not sure i think that's the way to go this year.
- hammarby31

He's solid within the top-10 right now, inching up. 5's about the highest I've seen him... I'm guessing there's a good chance he'd be available at 6.

They might just end up w/ a dman from 5-10 via BPA (Kylington, Werenski). I wouldn't mind it, since Sanheim's still the only guy they have who really has more than slim chance at turning into a top-pair defender. I'd much rather solve that problem via the draft, than pay out the nose in a trade/UFA.

(frank) off SEC

Speaking of Button, he said he's taking Eichel 1st-overall if the draft were today.

http://www.tsn.ca/radio/b...rational-players-1.171159

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- KINGKENZO

was a pretty good game.

He's solid within the top-10 right now, inching up. 5's about the highest I've seen him... I'm guessing there's a good chance he'd be available at 6.

They might just end up w/ a dman from 5-10 via BPA (Kylington, Werenski). I wouldn't mind it, since Sanheim's still the only guy they have who really has more than slim chance at turning into a top-pair defender. I'd much rather solve that problem via the draft, than pay out the nose in a trade/UFA.
- Tomahawk

i don't know...i guess i'm really high on morin. it wouldn't be the worst thing to have another top end dman prospect, but i'd like to find a forward first.

i agree. this draft has to land some gold. i don't see hextall overspending via UFA, and pure hockey trades are just becoming more and more rare...ugh.

Speaking of Button, he said he's taking Eichel 1st-overall if the draft were today.

http://www.tsn.ca/radio/b...rational-players-1.171159
- Tomahawk

he's got them ranked both at #1 in his current list on tsn. very interesting.

i don't know...i guess i'm really high on morin. it wouldn't be the worst thing to have another top end dman prospect, but i'd like to find a forward first.
- hammarby31

Problem is, save for the Oilers, all the teams currently drafting ahead of them all desperately need help at F as well.

Problem is, save for the Oilers, all the teams currently drafting ahead of them all desperately need help at F as well.
- Tomahawk

doesn't mean they'll go that route.

doesn't mean they'll go that route.
- hammarby31

Haha yeah... Flyers have that tendency to go off the board, too.

Richard Matvichuk's the next highest-ranked prospect @6? Boom, Peter Forsberg.

sure. it sounds simple in theory

but once your top guys are identified and paid, you still need to try and fill in around them. and that can get tricky.
- stayinthefnnet

Yes, that is the very nature of the salary cap, and what it's designed to do.

He's solid within the top-10 right now, inching up. 5's about the highest I've seen him... I'm guessing there's a good chance he'd be available at 6.

They might just end up w/ a dman from 5-10 via BPA (Kylington, Werenski). I wouldn't mind it, since Sanheim's still the only guy they have who really has more than slim chance at turning into a top-pair defender. I'd much rather solve that problem via the draft, than pay out the nose in a trade/UFA.
- Tomahawk

I think writing off Morin as a potential top pair defender at this point in time is incredibly premature.