My ranking would probably be:
1-Patrick Kane
2-Jamie Benn
3-Logan Couture
4-PK Subban
5-Max Pacioretty
6-James Van Riemsdyk
7-David Perron
8-Wayne Simmonds
9-Jakub Voracek
10-Ryan Mcdonagh
Then you have guys like Eller, Shattenkirk, B. Sutter, Alzner, Sam Gagner, Kyle Turris,etc.
Last edited by Prospector: 01-30-2012 at 10:21 PM.
My ranking would probably be:
1-Patrick Kane
2-Jamie Benn
3-Logan Couture
4-PK Subban
5-Max Pacioretty
6-James Van Riemsdyk
7-David Perron
8-Wayne Simmonds
9-Jakub Voracek
10-Ryan Mcdonagh
Then you have guys like Eller, Shattenkirk, B. Sutter, Alzner, Sam Gagner, Kyle Turris,etc.
Forgot about Couture... brain fart.
And Jamie Benn, what a beast... I honestly only looked the first 3 rounds.
My ranking would probably be:
1-Patrick Kane
2-Jamie Benn
3-Logan Couture
4-PK Subban
5-Max Pacioretty
6-James Van Riemsdyk
7-David Perron
8-Wayne Simmonds
9-Jakub Voracek
10-Ryan Mcdonagh
Then you have guys like Eller, Shattenkirk, B. Sutter, Alzner, Sam Gagner, Kyle Turris,etc.
No way should Simmonds and Voracek be higher than McDonagh IMO.
My ranking would probably be:
1-Patrick Kane
2-Jamie Benn
3-Logan Couture
4-PK Subban
5-Max Pacioretty
6-James Van Riemsdyk
7-David Perron
8-Wayne Simmonds
9-Jakub Voracek
10-Ryan Mcdonagh
Then you have guys like Eller, Shattenkirk, B. Sutter, Alzner, Sam Gagner, Kyle Turris,etc.
And then some people complain about Timmins and Montreal's drafting...
My ranking would probably be:
1-Patrick Kane
2-Jamie Benn
3-Logan Couture
These three for sure, and I put them in the same order, fwiw. After that, I have a hard time really putting them in order. I think I put PK above Pacioretty, but dunno. Perron and JVR are right there for me, as is Shattenkirk. I might have also put Gunnarsson ahead of McDonagh before this season, but playing those minutes on a top team suggests McD should be well ahead at this point. Both are down in Eller/Gagne/Sutter/Simmonds land anyway, imo.
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Originally Posted by Theran189
And then some people complain about Timmins and Montreal's drafting...
Well, 2007 is a particularly good example. Arguably 3 of the top 10 players picked without a top 10 pick... probably beyond comparison to over 90% of Montreal's drafting history.
These three for sure, and I put them in the same order, fwiw. After that, I have a hard time really putting them in order. I think I put PK above Pacioretty, but dunno. Perron and JVR are right there for me, as is Shattenkirk. I might have also put Gunnarsson ahead of McDonagh before this season, but playing those minutes on a top team suggests McD should be well ahead at this point. Both are down in Eller/Gagne/Sutter/Simmonds land anyway, imo.
Well, 2007 is a particularly good example. Arguably 3 of the top 10 players picked without a top 10 pick... probably beyond comparison to over 90% of Montreal's drafting history.
2007 is actually a terrible example because the top of the draft was unusually weak. Most years your going to have more than just one excellent player come out of the top 5 and overall the 1st round was worse than most of the other post lockout drafts.
2007 is actually a terrible example because the top of the draft was unusually weak. Most years your going to have more than just one excellent player come out of the top 5 and overall the 1st round was worse than most of the other post lockout drafts.
That's what makes it a great example though; the fact that picking the best players in the 2007 draft was not as simple as taking players in the consensus top 10 means that finding good talent in the first few rounds was more up to the strength of teams' scouting rather than where they finished in the standings.
Call me crazy, but I'd even take Benn ahead of Kane as of right now.
Its pretty crazy to think that maxpac has 35 points in 46 games considering the massive slump he went through after his suspension. Those are decent stats at the end of the day.
That's what makes it a great example though; the fact that picking the best players in the 2007 draft was not as simple as taking players in the consensus top 10 means that finding good talent in the first few rounds was more up to the strength of teams' scouting rather than where they finished in the standings.
