SBN Hockey's mock draft
by FrankD on Jun 22, 2009 10:41 AM EDT
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PrintThe SBN Hockey blogs are taking part in a mock draft, set to conclude on Thursday/Friday of this week. If you're familiar with James Mirtle's From the Rink then you've likely seen a few picks coming and going from various teams around the network. Individual blogs are also holding a poll of sorts to see what players may best benefit the team.
One of the quirks about the draft, from a fan perspective at least, is that there seems to be a general lack of reports and videos on some of the deeper picks. If you had a chance to watch the World Juniors this past season then you don't necessarily need any more evidence to pin on guys like John Tavares or Evander Kane, but that hardly has an impact on Pittsburgh's pick.
Here's the list of mock draft picks already leading up to today. We still have three days to go before I need to send in a pick. I kinda have my eyes set on two guys in particular but for the sake of wandering eyes of fellow mock drafters I'll refrain from specifics. I will however considering catering my pick based off the collective input from the comments here.
I suppose right now the question isn't so much "who should the Pens pick" as it is "what should the Pens pick?" Defenseman? Speedy forward? Grinder? You tell me.
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From looking at who TSN has ranked 21-30 and 31-40 (a pretty balanced look at who to expect could be available) here’s some guys that have caught my untrained eye over the year:
- 28 Tim Erixson
-6’2 Swedish defensemen
- Nick Leddy — really good skater, Mr. Hockey in Minnesota. Kind of smallish but the Pens have seen some small, good skater defensemen excel (Letang, Goligoski)
- Dylan Olsen — 6’2 defenseman, headed to UM-D
- Carl Klinberg — 6’3 205 pound Swedish forward that seems to be talented and skilled and have a reasonable level of phyiscality
- Stefan Elliot — offensive defensemen and future PP quarterback
Seems like there might be a lot of defensemen when the Pens pick at #30. Always good to stock up there, but I wouldn’t mind seeing more wingers that have hopes to be skilled players too.
Pittsburgh’s in a good position to just draft whoever the top player left on their board is.
Obviously those #1’s should be their rank on the TSN website, not just number ones. I’m a formatting genius,
Hah that’s how the bullets transfer over I believe. Or the dash symbol…
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i wouldn't mind if we took
one of the swedish kids, i wouldn’t mind a potential Lidstrom or Zetterberg.
Maybe an overdraft
but I really like Kyle Palmieri. Played for the NTDP and is going to Notre Dame. He’s not very big but has good skills and goes to the net well.
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He may very well drop low enough for the Pens. I can’t decide if Pitt will be interested in a guy who wants to go straight to the NHL or AHL/ECHL affiliate or if they are willing to wait on a kid and his college plans. I mean, there really isn’t much of a rush when you think about it. Give a college kid three to four years to work on his game and he’ll join up with Pitt right around the time when Geno and Sid will allegedly be in their peak with about 2 or 3 years remaining on their contracts.
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Joey Hishon? About 1.25 PPG in the OHL in his first year of draft eligibility is a good sign, and he hasn’t been taken yet.
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Can honestly say I haven’t heard of or read anything on him. I know he played in the U18 tourney for Canada but I couldn’t even say how well he did. Perhaps he could sit as a second round pickup?
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Down this far, I haven’t heard of any of the kids, either. Call me a believer in Iain Fyffe, I guess, but I think if you’re going to pick a forward it’s best to pick kids who can score in their first year of eligibility. If they’re big but can’t score in juniors, it’s likely that they’ll continue to be big and continue to not score if they reach the NHL.
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Sheesh, nevermind. I misread his date of birth. He’s actually not eligible until 2010. Expect a high pick there!
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You know it’s kinda depressing looking at all the birth dates on these kids. 1991, 1992…makes me feel really old.
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Haha, I don’t want to hear it unless you’ve hit 30. :p
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Defense
I think the pens should go for strong defensive defensemen first. They are gonna need the option when injuries happen, and in my opinion, a strong stay at home defensemen is the best one to bring up because they would be less likely to jump up on the play at a bad time and create a two on one or even three on one the other way. It takes experience to get the timing down for that. Pens go DD in the early rounds, and later just start rounding themselves out.
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