Hopefully we steal Petrov later on and get lucky. I'm upset with the del Zotto pick but maybe I'm wrong...
You can never have enough good D men. I wanted a forward in the first but am happy with Del Zotto. He's another good "young" player added to the Rangers stable.
Not as good a skater as Jared Staal, but I'd say that they're close in terms of skill. I see both as 2nd/3rd liners in the NHL.
Really? O'Dell's a much better skater than Staal, only he's very light and appears to be a poor skater. He's basically a lesser Turris. O'Dell has much more offensive talent than Staal. I really hope the Rangers find a way to go get him. He deserves to be a first round pick. He's a smart player and put up in the small amount of time he was with the OHL. I can see him dominating next year.
Really? O'Dell's a much better skater than Staal, only he's very light and appears to be a poor skater. He's basically a lesser Turris. O'Dell has much more offensive talent than Staal. I really hope the Rangers find a way to go get him. He deserves to be a first round pick. He's a smart player and put up in the small amount of time he was with the OHL. I can see him dominating next year.
I've only seen a couple of Sudbury's games this season and I really didn't see him as anything special. To eliminate any bias, I felt the same way about Jordan Staal. Like most people, I guess that I'm drinking the Staal-hype-machine Kool-aid, but I like his size and the projection of skill that many scouts have alluded to moreso than O'Dell who seems to be a much more common prospect (I'm thinking Callahan's level in the CHL and AHL.)
I'd take a gamble on Petrov or Stefanovich, but something tells me we'll take Staal.
I think that Anaheim (35 and 39) or the Isles (36 and 40) will take him in the second round. I'm also thinking that d-men Jann Sauve and Jyri Niemi, who is a bit of a project, but has a heavy shot from the point, will go in that same range.
Don't get your hopes up..they have got to be the last team in the league to make trades. Philly makes trades like they wash underwear, they just freakin' got Umberger!
Don't get your hopes up..they have got to be the last team in the league to make trades. Philly makes trades like they wash underwear, they just freakin' got Umberger!
they did say at the end of the draft the rangers were trying to make a trade
