Colin Dambrauskas: Calgary Flames 2013 Draft Pt.1 - Jon Drouin....Flames Postgame vs Avs

Colin Dambrauskas: Calgary Flames 2013 Draft Pt.1 - Jon Drouin....Flames Postgame vs Avs
- Colin Dambrauskas

Although I think Drouin will be a great player, if the FLames have the choice IMO they would have to take Barkov of MacKinnon.

Although I think Drouin will be a great player, if the FLames have the choice IMO they would have to take Barkov of MacKinnon.
- KABLOOEY

glad to have ya back

glad to have ya back
- Colin Dambrauskas

Drouin is actually about the same size as bartschi. 5'11 and conflicting reports put his weight between 186-194. At 18 years old the kid will only get bigger. Drouin also weighs more than Mackinnon, and played center in AAA.

Drouin is actually about the same size as bartschi. 5'11 and conflicting reports put his weight between 186-194. At 18 years old the kid will only get bigger. Drouin also weighs more than Mackinnon, and played center in AAA.
- RyanGosling

Yeah I thought he had played centre before as well.

I just think this kid is the real deal and wouldn't want the organization to pass over him.

I just think this kid is the real deal and wouldn't want the organization to pass over him.
- RyanGosling

I agree. Some of the "people in the know" have him listed at 2 and MacKinnon down to 3.

I was hoping the Flames could get one more win before the season ended. Haha! Still hoping for it to be against the Oilers on the 13th. One can dream, haha!

Tough choice for the Flames at the draft this year. Personally I like Barkov or Mackinnon. Although, if somehow we get first pick, I think I would go for Jones. Don't know if i would let him go.

Colin Dambrauskas: Calgary Flames 2013 Draft Pt.1 - Jon Drouin....Flames Postgame vs Avs
- Colin Dambrauskas

Flames should narrow their pick down to two choices, Barkov and Mackinnon.

Drouin is actually about the same size as bartschi. 5'11 and conflicting reports put his weight between 186-194. At 18 years old the kid will only get bigger. Drouin also weighs more than Mackinnon, and played center in AAA.
- RyanGosling

Good points. Though I still think Drouin either gets picked up before the Flames, or they grab someone else instead.

Flames should narrow their pick down to two choices, Barkov and Mackinnon.
- blacksheep1

You know the Flames are going to get ripped no matter who they pick.

Good points. Though I still think Drouin either gets picked up before the Flames, or they grab someone else instead.
- Colin Dambrauskas

Agreed. Assuming Col gets #1 and take Jones I think if Florida picks 2nd they will take Drouin for sure.

Good points. Though I still think Drouin either gets picked up before the Flames, or they grab someone else instead.
- Colin Dambrauskas

Hypothetically, let se we lose the lottery & drop to picking 4th overall. What if Drouin fell to us in 4th spot? Do you take him? Trade him? or pass by him & pick up a centre if Barkov & Mckinnon are gone with Jones in front of us? What if Philly offered Couturier & their 1st(8th) for our 4th & one of our few decent prospects? Right now, does Couturier have more ceiling than Backlund & be a #1 centre? I'm stoked, for once we are going to have some pretty insane options, would love to be at that draft table in June.

COL is a terrible team. They have had enough top picks that they should be a lot better than what we saw last night. Basically, they lost to an AHL squad. They don't deserve the 1st overall pick.

As for who we pick with our 1st pick, Drouin, as good as I hear he is, I agree with Colin's point that he is not fill a primary organizational need. Will Feaster and co. go with BPA or will they think it's all close enough to take the best fit. I still bounce between MacKinnon and Barkov. I would likely put Drouin 5th or 6th in terms of what CGY should do.

For taoday:
MacKinnon
Barkov
Jones
Monahan
Ristolainen
Drouin

COL is a terrible team. They have had enough top picks that they should be a lot better than what we saw last night. Basically, they lost to an AHL squad. They don't deserve the 1st overall pick.

As for who we pick with our 1st pick, Drouin, as good as I hear he is, I agree with Colin's point that he is not fill a primary organizational need. Will Feaster and co. go with BPA or will they think it's all close enough to take the best fit. I still bounce between MacKinnon and Barkov. I would likely put Drouin 5th or 6th in terms of what CGY should do.

For taoday:
MacKinnon
Barkov
Jones
Monahan
Ristolainen
Drouin
- TandA4Flames

Thing is. Monahan & Ristolainen are in a different category as Drouin & if you pass over Drouin & are not getting either Barkov or Mackinnon, you then need to find someone who covets Drouin & see what you can extract from them.

Hypothetically, let se we lose the lottery & drop to picking 4th overall. What if Drouin fell to us in 4th spot? Do you take him? Trade him? or pass by him & pick up a centre if Barkov & Mckinnon are gone with Jones in front of us? What if Philly offered Couturier & their 1st(8th) for our 4th & one of our few decent prospects? Right now, does Couturier have more ceiling than Backlund & be a #1 centre? I'm stoked, for once we are going to have some pretty insane options, would love to be at that draft table in June.
- Kevin R

Re: your PHI option, yea, I would do that. Couterier would fill the center role we need going forward and I would pick up Ristolainen with the (8th) pick. Then we could use our St L pick on Gauthier, a 6'5" center or Ryan Pulock. I would still like to add a RW with a right shot, which was a big reason I see Mac as our best fit; he could go C or RW.

But man if we could find a way to move up and draft both Mac and Barkov...

Baertschi- Barkov- MacKinnon
Gaudreau- Gauthier/Janko- ?

Thing is. Monahan & Ristolainen are in a different category as Drouin & if you pass over Drouin & are not getting either Barkov or Mackinnon, you then need to find someone who covets Drouin & see what you can extract from them.
- Kevin R

Agreed. Any trade down in the top 10 should come with apt rewards.

Agreed
- TandA4Flames

You realize Drouin is centering MacKinnon this year in Junior right?

Holy Horak and Reinhart batman! Now, to make this mess more interesting, they need to call Alui back up so he can start practicing at the NHL level as a 4rth line grinder/agitator.

You realize Drouin is centering MacKinnon this year in Junior right?
- KABLOOEY

See, I thought that. I'm sure I was hearing that MacKinnon had moved to RW and Drouin was centering his line. But Drouin is listed as a LW in all scouting reports I've seen. Still, strictly looking at C position, I take Barkov over Drouin. I think he would be a great fit with Baertschi and his play-making ability. Both, by all accounts have strong play-making skills and vision not to mention finishing ability; great 1-2 punch.

See, I thought that. I'm sure I was hearing that MacKinnon had moved to RW and Drouin was centering his line. But Drouin is listed as a LW in all scouting reports I've seen. Still, strictly looking at C position, I take Barkov over Drouin. I think he would be a great fit with Baertschi and his play-making ability. Both, by all accounts have strong play-making skills and vision not to mention finishing ability; great 1-2 punch.
- TandA4Flames

Agreed!

The NHL Draft Lottery is a weighted system to determine the order of selection for the first 14 picks of the 2013 NHL Draft. Teams finishing with the fewest points during the regular season possess the greatest chance of winning the right to the first pick in the NHL Draft. Fourteen balls, numbered 1 to 14, are placed in a lottery machine. The machine expels four balls, forming a series of numbers. The four-digit series resulting from the expulsion of the balls is matched against a probability chart that divides the possible combinations among the 14 participating clubs.

While the top pick can now go to any of the 14 non-playoff clubs, or the team owning the rights to the first pick of a non-playoff club, the odds of winning the lottery are unchanged from previous years. The teams in the drawing are ranked in inverse order of their regular season point totals, with team one being the club with the fewest points, and team 14 being the club with the most points among those outside of the playoffs.

The likelihood of each team gaining the right to the first pick is as follows:

Team 1 25.0%

Team 2 18.8%

Team 3 14.2%

Team 4 10.7%

Team 5 8.1%

Team 6 6.2%

Team 7 4.7%

Team 8 3.6%

Team 9 2.7%

Team 10 2.1%

Team 11 1.5%

Team 12 1.1%

Team 13 0.8%

Team 14 0.5%

No club will move down more than one position as a result of the Draft Lottery. The remaining first round drafting positions are determined by the results of the Stanley Cup Playoffs.

No whipper yet

COL is a terrible team. They have had enough top picks that they should be a lot better than what we saw last night. Basically, they lost to an AHL squad. They don't deserve the 1st overall pick.

As for who we pick with our 1st pick, Drouin, as good as I hear he is, I agree with Colin's point that he is not fill a primary organizational need. Will Feaster and co. go with BPA or will they think it's all close enough to take the best fit. I still bounce between MacKinnon and Barkov. I would likely put Drouin 5th or 6th in terms of what CGY should do.

For taoday:
MacKinnon
Barkov
Jones
Monahan
Ristolainen
Drouin
- TandA4Flames

Feaster has always said they will take the BPA. They literally make a list prior to the draft and go down the line.

Personally I like this strategy...you need to maximize assets, better player = bigger asset. That being said, you can't tell me position doesn't play some sort of factor in their overall rankings.