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Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:07 AM ET
Brian Huddle: With the Fourteenth Pick in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, Calgary Selects...
Zemgus Girgensons
Lohaus
Ottawa Senators
Location: Ottawa, ON
Joined: 10.04.2006

Jun 14 @ 9:16 AM ET
"On the downside, the injury bug hit Z hard...."
You could use this for half of the top prospects this year.
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:19 AM ET
"On the downside, the injury bug hit Z hard...."
You could use this for half of the top prospects this year.

- Lohaus


More than half.

The CHL should have cancelled the season.
Lohaus
Ottawa Senators
Location: Ottawa, ON
Joined: 10.04.2006

Jun 14 @ 9:21 AM ET
More than half.

The CHL should have cancelled the season.

- Brian Huddle

Well, the OHL cancelled the season on certain players when they hit other certain players... so its similar.
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:23 AM ET
Well, the OHL cancelled the season on certain players when they hit other certain players... so its similar.
- Lohaus


Lohaus
Ottawa Senators
Location: Ottawa, ON
Joined: 10.04.2006

Jun 14 @ 9:27 AM ET

- Brian Huddle

You are a wizard at reading through subtleness
-if you put up a picture of a wizard, I'll seriously crash your wedding-
Flames-Fan4
Calgary Flames
Location: "Dion's past rep, was similar
Joined: 01.15.2009

Jun 14 @ 9:28 AM ET
Am i missing somthing here? Calgary picks 14th...
jerryb
Dallas Stars
Location: TX
Joined: 06.27.2009

Jun 14 @ 9:31 AM ET
Brian, doesn't Dallas have the 13th pick? I do think this guy would be a nice pick for the Stars as they really lack depth at center in the organization.
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:33 AM ET
Am i missing somthing here? Calgary picks 14th...
- Flames-Fan4


WOOPS!

I put up the wrong name. These are pre-written blogs. I guess I just slipped on this one. This is embarrassing...

*Quick Edit*
Lahey
Edmonton Oilers
Location: del's basement chilling with S, AB
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:38 AM ET
More than half.

The CHL should have cancelled the season.

- Brian Huddle



This could be a very interesting draft to look at 5 years from now.
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:45 AM ET


This could be a very interesting draft to look at 5 years from now.

- Lahey


Let's look at it...

Yakupov - concussion, groun. Missed a good 25 games
Galchenyuk - knee, missed the season
Reilly - knee, missed 3/4 of the season
Maatta - concussion, Missed 10+ games
Girgensons - nagging injuries, missed 10+
Wilson - nagging injuries, missed 10+
Koekoek - shoulder, missed 2/3 of season
Subban - nagging groin injuries throughout year
Marcantuoni - concussion/shoulder, missed 2/3 of year
Pelech - knee, missed 1/3 of season
Maidens - concussion, missed half of the season


That's just off the top of my head.
Lahey
Edmonton Oilers
Location: del's basement chilling with S, AB
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:48 AM ET
Let's look at it...

Yakupov - concussion, groun. Missed a good 25 games
Galchenyuk - knee, missed the season
Reilly - knee, missed 3/4 of the season
Maatta - concussion, Missed 10+ games
Girgensons - nagging injuries, missed 10+
Wilson - nagging injuries, missed 10+
Koekoek - shoulder, missed 2/3 of season
Subban - nagging groin injuries throughout year
Marcantuoni - concussion/shoulder, missed 2/3 of year
Pelech - knee, missed 1/3 of season
Maidens - concussion, missed half of the season


That's just off the top of my head.

- Brian Huddle

No concussion for Yak, but yes that's quite the list. They doing any studies trying to figure out why this is occuring?
Lahey
Edmonton Oilers
Location: del's basement chilling with S, AB
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:52 AM ET
Hudds I mentioned this Smith's blog and I wondered if any scouts felt the same. Does a guy like Pouilot get passed because of how good his team was?
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 9:56 AM ET
Hudds I mentioned this Smith's blog and I wondered if any scouts felt the same. Does a guy like Pouilot get passed because of how good his team was?
- Lahey


To an extent.

hen guys play on stacked teams you have to figure out if he was riding shotgun or if he was one of the reasons. I think young players coming into those situations benefit from that development wise, but in Pouliot's case, he played a big role and really excelled at times. I'm not a big believer as I think he's more of a second pairing guy, but he has some tools.

That being said, teams will have guys focus on teams like this to judge where the impact is coming from-- the player or the team. I can tell you watching London that Maatta was a big part of their success, whereas Athanasiou wasn't.
Lohaus
Ottawa Senators
Location: Ottawa, ON
Joined: 10.04.2006

Jun 14 @ 10:06 AM ET
Hudds I mentioned this Smith's blog and I wondered if any scouts felt the same. Does a guy like Pouilot get passed because of how good his team was?
- Lahey

Another Pouliot (M.A.), got picked too high because he played with Sidney Crosby and someone mis-evaluated his offensive ceiling. I think those players are the toughest to call.
Lahey
Edmonton Oilers
Location: del's basement chilling with S, AB
Joined: 03.07.2011

Jun 14 @ 10:33 AM ET
Another Pouliot (M.A.), got picked too high because he played with Sidney Crosby and someone mis-evaluated his offensive ceiling. I think those players are the toughest to call.
- Lohaus



MAP was drafted before Crosby played with him.
Rally_Shots
Joined: 07.24.2008

Jun 14 @ 11:18 AM ET
The Sabres are probably gonna take Zemgus is hes on teh board at 12. We need center prospect depth in a bad way.
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 11:21 AM ET
The Sabres are probably gonna take Zemgus is hes on teh board at 12. We need center prospect depth in a bad way.
- Rally_Shots


I have them taking someone else whom Sabres fans might be stoked about more.
Rally_Shots
Joined: 07.24.2008

Jun 14 @ 11:23 AM ET
I have them taking someone else whom Sabres fans might be stoked about more.
- Brian Huddle


Gaunce?
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 11:23 AM ET
Gaunce?
- Rally_Shots


Nope.

Just have to wait and see....

Rally_Shots
Joined: 07.24.2008

Jun 14 @ 11:27 AM ET
Nope.

Just have to wait and see....


- Brian Huddle



I meant to say Faksa, dunno why Gaunce came to mind. Too many beers last night may explain it...
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 11:36 AM ET
I meant to say Faksa, dunno why Gaunce came to mind. Too many beers last night may explain it...
- Rally_Shots


Nope.
Adam French
Atlanta Thrashers
Location: Isn't Cooley 5"11? You know who else is 5"11? Sydney Crosby. - Scabeh
Joined: 04.06.2011

Jun 14 @ 11:39 AM ET
Nope.
- Brian Huddle

I know that grin...Filip Forsberg
tomburton99
New York Rangers
Location: NYR distrust, NJ
Joined: 07.13.2009

Jun 14 @ 11:56 AM ET
I have them taking someone else whom Sabres fans might be stoked about more.
- Brian Huddle

Faksa.
Brian Huddle
Location: Cambridge, ON
Joined: 01.10.2011

Jun 14 @ 11:58 AM ET
Faksa.
- tomburton99


I don't see him slipping past Carolina. They love themselves some Kitchener boys.

And Rutherford/Burke/Holmgren are the only GMs to go see Kitchener live this year.

I know that grin...Filip Forsberg
- AdamFrench


He won't slip. I have him low in my list, but high in my mock.
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