[2010] Entry Draft Discussion

[MSP4LYFE]

well... the Giants were actually that stacked.. but in many ways not... CPZ lead the CHL in scoring did he not? and yet Evander scored 48 goals in 60 games as a 17 year old... burst onto being the teams #1 weapon...

The only other guy in the top 10 in last years draft who is ALMOST 2010 eligible is Schenn.. who was picked after Kane IIRC... so if they were both 2010 eligible why would that change? because you consider Kane rushed now? he got injured... but damn did he look good @ WC (as an 18 you'll note... in fact, he's 18 until training camp).

Kane played on the WHL line in WJC with Sonne & Benn... and it was our best 5v5 line (benn & kane were insane IIRC)... but your right... he didn't tear apart juniors again like Hall or Schenn... or Kadri or Seguin... is there any doubt that he would have ?


ps -> he knocked cooke the fuck out.

FTR I was a HUGE fan of Kane before this season, IMO the Thrashers have really fucked up his development, I'm not as confident he will reach his massive potential now.

[Shep]

Awesome pick Arian.

[Arian The Insider]

Awesome pick Arian.

your pick was great too as Tarasenko is a high-end talent and has size. I was really torn between Burmistrov and Skinner but I felt that Burmistrov's attributes will transfer over to the nhl better.

[Shep]

Awesome pick Arian.

your pick was great too as Tarasenko is a high-end talent and has size. I was really torn between Burmistrov and Skinner but I felt that Burmistrov's attributes will transfer over to the nhl better.

I love Burmistrov too. It really helps that he's already over here playing too. That's my worry with Tarasenko.

[The BBKL Insider]

i tried to get 8 from Bry, and thought i almost had it.....

I was going to take one of those 2 russians

[MSP4LYFE]

Arian just took the steal of this draft class as far as I'm concerned, if I knew Burmistrov would fall to 10 two months ago I NEVER would have dealt that pick to Billy...FML

[MSP4LYFE]

Shep taking the exact approach I anticipated, my guess is he takes Kabanov next...

[Nick]

Shep taking the exact approach I anticipated, my guess is he takes Kabanov next...

he's getting the 3rd/4th & perhaps 5th highest-ceiling/most skilled/best forwards in the draft... they just have bust factors in terms of being GREAT in the NHL.

[Shep]

Shep taking the exact approach I anticipated, my guess is he takes Kabanov next...

I was _ that close to taking Skinner. It was going to be him or Granlund, however Skinner going 11th made my decision VERY easy.

[hong57]

man...

[Monk]

nice pick with watson hongster , he should be very solid for quite a while in the big leagues

[Nick]

selection coming, sorry had to wake up & give the list due diligence for any new information. No change is coming, aside from Shep, anyone want to guess who it is?

[Scott]

selection coming, sorry had to wake up & give the list due diligence for any new information. No change is coming, aside from Shep, anyone want to guess who it is?

Jack Campbell or Derek Forbort?

[Nick]

na, i'm fine waiting longer then those players require.

[Scott]

na, i'm fine waiting longer then those players require.

Kirill Kabanov?

[Nick]

na, i'm fine waiting longer then those players require.

Kirill Kabanov?

i'm def not that dumb

[Shep]

selection coming, sorry had to wake up & give the list due diligence for any new information. No change is coming, aside from Shep, anyone want to guess who it is?

?

[Nick]

I told you last night; and I thought I was too obvious when asking you about him @ the combine back when that was the hot news.

[Shep]

I told you last night; and I thought I was too obvious when asking you about him @ the combine back when that was the hot news.

I knew you were taking him.

Fucker.

[Nick]

Thankfully the correct combination of 'considering' other names and bashing other names means the unmentioned is not considered...assuming its well played... thankfully TSN never did a special on him, LOL.... some of our american members might know him a little better given the location of the scouting reports that are huge on him.


Scouting Combine Performance : Bjugstad gets my vote for best all around performance at the scouting combine. He was simply amazing at almost any station he was challenged with.
2nd in Anaerobic Fitness: Mean Power Output (watts/kg)
Tied for 4th in Aerobic Fitness: Test Duration
5th in Anthropemetry: Sum of 6 Skinfolds (mm)
5th in Anthropemetry: % Body Fat
Tied for 6th in Musculoskeletal: Standing Long Jump (in)
6th in Musculoskeletal: Vertek Leg Pwr Average (Lewis)/No Pause (watts)
5th in Musculoskeletal: Vertek Leg Pwr Peak (Sayers)/No Pause (watts)
2nd in Musculoskeletal: 4 Jump (Mat) Mode: Avg Jump Height (in)
3rd in Musculoskeletal: Left Hand Grip (lb)
2nd in Musculoskeletal: Bench Press (# of 150 lb reps)
2nd in Musculoskeletal: Bench Press (lb/lb body weight)
· Tied for 10th in Musculoskeletal: Push-Ups (max #)


ETA = 3/4 yrs
add in dominant showing for USA Under-18 team at the 2009 Four Nations Cup in Finland.. pretty happy that we've been incredibly CHL biased so far.