Les faucons ont beaucoup de choix à venir. Je me demandais s’ils iraient F ou D pour leur choix de première ronde cette année. En supposant que nous obtenions le choix n°2, Stenberg a l’air bien. Malhotra a fière allure pour Brantford, une puissance de la OHL cette année (avec l’espoir Marek Vanacker). Il y a beaucoup de bons espoirs dans l’organisation, comme Kansterov, mais un attaquant de haut niveau solidifié serait utile.
Juste mes deux centimes, intéressant de voir les pensées des fans !
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jayzee19
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Frondell/Bedard/Stenberg would feed families for a generation.
Hawks don’t need another young D prospect from the first round. Need scoring and players who can keep up with Bedard and Frondell mentally and physically. Stenberg already proved chemistry with Frondell.
Tier 1: McKenna, stenberg
Tier 2: smits, carels
Tier 3: novotny, hemming, villeneuve
McKenna or Stenberg. Need more options for Connor to create on offense, drafting defense would be a blunder
Stenberg, McKenna, Reid, Verhoeff. Pretty much in that exact order.
Also, if by some miracle the Hawks get another pick in the 11-15 range, I’d like to see them draft Björk. Yes, even over another Dman. Sure, he’s another small forward (who is actually small), but there’s a reason he was the second or third best forward for Team Sweden during Juniors: he’s absolutely electric, and pairing him up with one of Frondell or Stenberg could produce great returns.
A lot of years I have a clear cutoff. But I think there are great choices 1 through 6.
Obviously if possible I think McKenna or Stenberg. But if not available taking the best D on the board is appealing. D e spite the promis on our backend, there is no sure fire number 1 that has stepped forward yet. Though I realized how young they are.
I would not cry if we took best center in Malhotra either. Our center depth is starting to look like a strength. Why not add another top.six good two way option.
Obviously a top six scoring is something we need. But in terms of pipeline, this is the first year where I would say there is no specific position need. Always draft BPA anyhow.
McKenna is too good to turn down, and I really like Stenberg after him.
I’m not huge on Verhoeff or Carels, so after them I would go Smits or Malhotra. I think Malhotra is the best fit for us offensively, and really underrated in general.
After that Reid would my next guy before a decent drop off, so I really hope we get one of those 5.
I think the only ones we truly need are McKenna/Stenberg, and if we HAD to draft anyone else at 3-4 I wouldn’t be mad at Smits or Reid, but honestly if we aren’t picking top 2 I think the pick is best served as trade bait, even if it’s just trading down a few spots to get more picks for even more trade bait
HOWEVER the other names in the first round I do like are Bjork, Malholtra, Hemming, Novotny, and Villeneuve