And Toews will make a comeback and sign with Buffalo too.
- boilermaker100

And Hossa, Keith and Seabrook.

Eurosmurf to go along with Nazarsmurf and Bedardsmurf.
- paulr

Cattonsmurf will be the best fit at #4 then

Cattonsmurf will be the best fit at #4 then
- totem

Or they can draft Lindstrom to play the role of Gargamel.

Not sure if it has been mentioned but final Central Scouting rankings are out.

Celebrini - Levshunov - Lindstrom - Buium are 1-4

Surprised to see Buium that high, Parekh #5

Not sure if it has been mentioned but final Central Scouting rankings are out.

Celebrini - Levshunov - Lindstrom - Buium are 1-4

Surprised to see Buium that high, Parekh #5
- totem

Buium had a good NCAA playoff. If Parekh is able to get his team to the Memorial cup he has a chance to do some leap frogging of his own. I still think Parekh could prove to be the gem of the draft, or could be a complete bust, Parebustkh.

Not sure if it has been mentioned but final Central Scouting rankings are out.

Celebrini - Levshunov - Lindstrom - Buium are 1-4

Surprised to see Buium that high, Parekh #5
- totem

Eiserman down to 12th overall North American skater, below Iginla, Hage, Catton, Connelly, Lindstrom, and Celebrini (as forwards anyway).

As always I am hopeful Chicago can move up in the draft.....
- jhawk59

I doubt anyone is trading the first Celebrini pick, so forget about trying to get it.

To me, there is solace in #4 (or #3).

It certainly bothers me that New Jersey has a slight chance to win the first over-all, and would love to see the San Jose (pick they acquired from Pittsburgh) wins the lottery, moves them up into slot 4 so they have two in the top four.


What is very disconcerting to me is where the current consensus of Michael Hage has exploded.

Most of you remember me having him mock drafted to the Blackhawks with that early second rounder.

Then, as I continued to watch I placed him about 19-22 as the hawks 2nd First Rounder via Tampa, and explained here I didn't see it as a reach but what they "needed" to do to ensure that acquired him.

Now everyone in the prospect community has him as a top 17 selection, and that final Central Scouting had him in the top TEN of North American skaters.
And there is a good chance those slots before Tampa's Hagel return pick sees 10 euros going off the board.
Man, I thought I had him a hawk and all the bolts had to do is get beat in the first round.

Also I earlier saw said the signal of the cream and high tears of prospects ends when RD Adam Jiricek goes off the board; he had a knee injury around Christmas and there seems a good possibility that concerns about his offensive game pre-injury and know chance to play and better showings at that side of his game, he may be there as the hawks RD pick in the second.

Central Scouting Services stature as the know all be all has plummeted, and a simple look to the last decade of THEIR favorites and the way the draft prospects are taken have dramatically declined in similarity.

(Believe, there may be a few teams who still use it close to religiously, but that is because their staffs probably want supplemental view to solidify their weak one.)

So, much of the bluster from the hockey media, but teams are not letting them know their true intentions and the guys they like, and they are all still guessing.