McGroatry for Korchinski? Similar to the Gauthier/Drysdale trade. Obtain a needed talented forward for one of many D (and probably more soon) in the system. Have to give to get.
edit - Just read Paul's post before mine. Or is McGroatry the next Dubois?
- boilermaker100
NO NO no
Kaiser for McGroatry.
The Jets won't be dealing from a position of strength, so they Will take the best offer, but doubtfull that KK is on the block already.
KK has a lot to learn, but you don't pull the plug on his developement,
yet.
Here’s how I see the entire draft runway to selection #34:
Lot’s of talk about teams interest in defensemen, but I am actually not envision any defensemen other than Carter Yakemchuk, Zayne Parekh, Anton Silayev, Sam Richardinson, Zeev Buium and Artyom Levshunov, I really don’t sufficient reason for one to go after these six unless a team reaches for another mid-first round for toughness LD Stian Solberg, or offensive generator Cole Huston, or Adam Jiricek two-way upside.
Of the possibles, Adam Jiricek could go as the 7th defender or stick around until almost the second round, depending upon the latest consensus in scout meetings.
Solberg is plain rough, and not unable to make a few plays at the other end, and Jirircek cannot be called a wall flower and has good physical presence and is confident at his abilities to jump up in the offensive end.
You can tell ME where Cole Hutson gets selected, because I see talent but just don’t know where his name gets called.
So despite not having a clue on who the Blackhawks will pick at #2, I am not so sue if taking one of the two “other defenders” like Stian Solberg or Adam Jiricek become more strategic if the go forward at #1.
I do think that despite my draft board from #19-32 being full of forwards, there is a good chance other NHL teams see
potentially valuable backliners in the second half of round one, and they get taken earlier.
On my current board, there seems to be a
very good chance that most of the 34th overall players hopefuls ARE in fact defenders! It will be interesting to see if my logjam is incorrect, and NHL teams decide to just take the ones they like in the bottom end of the first, thereby dropping so hugely interesting forwards into the hawks lap at #34.
You simply don’t know until the top 33 are chosen.
For sure pick #s 50, 67, and 72 are all spots where there is potential to help the Blackhawks, but you will have to wait a bit for their games to round out.
My current board has Artyom Levshunov there as the future laid-back partner for Korchinski, or his replacement if he cannot grow more game offensively.
I have no problem with a defenseman at #2, but I think that means more forwards later.
If the Blackhawks take Demidov, I think they will be assured that they can get a couple defender prospects with the some of the 2nd and 3rd round picks.
This is the first year where I will WATCH and publish the updated round later that night;
Same goes with day two.
I just felt like last year I was so intent at updating my draft board, that I wasn’t able to interact will you all on Buzz, or actually watch the telecast unfolding, so maybe after the Hawk picks I will be here, not cocooned with yet another “job.”
I read all these comments on the prospects that fans write as the prospects’ strengths, games etc. that are so “mis-informed” like I read on the Athletic that Adam Jiricek was an offenisve defenseman only, so I will try to get in-deth with the guys the Hawks select, if they are not all from Outer Mongolia and unseen by my eyes.
Btw, I love how Wheeler’s new list seems to have mirrored closer to mine, with his elevation of
Lukas Fischer, who I have had as a early mid-second defenseman since November.
