Chara Karlsson
Seidenberg Boychuk Gardiner Hamilton
McQuaid
Price
Rask
It was between Kessel/Vanek and Myers/Gardiner. Always been a big Vanek fan and I think hed fit in perfectly with Bergeron. I also think Gardiner is a stud, so had to take him. Plus I wanted Karlsson on the right side with Chara before anything else so that meant I couldnt have another one in Myers (big believer in that...plus a young player playing the off side doesnt always mix)...which meant again that I needed Gardiner.
With the islanders terrible goalie history how do you not take lundqvist over mcD immediately ?
First, nobody specified if this was for this coming year or if it was for a while into the future. If it is for this year, then Nabakov is capable and McD is a HUGE upgrade in a glaring hole that we have not been able to fill in a while. It sets our whole defense up where Streit can focus on puck-moving and being a solid number 2. Hamonic and Viz can play the 2nd pairing where they belong, and AMac doesn't need to play over his head.
Second, if it's for the future, the Isles have goalie prospects that could end up being decent to good goaltenders in the NHL. My theory was to take the chance on them as finding a true number 1 d-man is much harder to come across, IMO. Looking at the successful teams in the league, including the cup winners, many have done it with average goaltending. A weak defense though? Good luck.
Third, I have NO idea what the Islanders history has to do with who I would pick moving forward? Am I picking players to play from 2004-2011? We have had a hole in goaltending since DP has been chronically injured. That's why we've stockpiled that position and have two promising youngsters and brought in Nabby.
Granted, it was a tough choice. The toughest of the 4. I would be pretty damn happy with either and could go back and forth.
First, nobody specified if this was for this coming year or if it was for a while into the future. If it is for this year, then Nabakov is capable and McD is a HUGE upgrade in a glaring hole that we have not been able to fill in a while. It sets our whole defense up where Streit can focus on puck-moving and being a solid number 2. Hamonic and Viz can play the 2nd pairing where they belong, and AMac doesn't need to play over his head.
Second, if it's for the future, the Isles have goalie prospects that could end up being decent to good goaltenders in the NHL. My theory was to take the chance on them as finding a true number 1 d-man is much harder to come across, IMO. Looking at the successful teams in the league, including the cup winners, many have done it with average goaltending. A weak defense though? Good luck.
Third, I have NO idea what the Islanders history has to do with who I would pick moving forward? Am I picking players to play from 2004-2011? We have had a hole in goaltending since DP has been chronically injured. That's why we've stockpiled that position and have two promising youngsters and brought in Nabby.
Granted, it was a tough choice. The toughest of the 4. I would be pretty damn happy with either and could go back and forth.
Rather than repeating myself I'll just nod and move along since lundqvist would help you this year and for the next decade more than mcD would but hey that's my opinion.
Rather than repeating myself I'll just nod and move along since lundqvist would help you this year and for the next decade more than mcD would but hey that's my opinion.
Fair enough. To each his own. It's not like I said it wouldn't be close. I just go for D over goalies. Goaltenders are fickle. Getting a solid #1 d-man for the next twenty years keeps you contending. Just a speculation off the top of my head, but teams with just an elite #1 d-men are stronger than teams with just an elite #1 goalie. I think the Blues are good example. Petro is their future. Halak is awesome and Elliott played great, but many speculated that it was because of the system and the strength of the defense.
Loui Eriksson - Joe Thornton - Corey Perry
Ray Whitney - Jamie Benn - Michael Ryder
Brenden Morrow - Derek Roy - Jaromir Jagr
Eric Nystrom - Vernon Fiddler - Cody Eakin
Tom Wandell
Drew Doughty - Oliver Ekman Larsson
Alex Goligoski - Philip Larsen
Trevor Daley - Stephane Robidas
Mark Fistric
Took Doughty, Ekman-Larsson, Benn & Thornton. Was hard not to take Kopitar but Thornton is arguably as good and Doughty was a much better option than any SJ defensemen.
I like this better -- only one not to take Iggy I think.
I might opt for Duchene on 2nd line (faith in a bounceback) instead of Booth, or move Kesler to line 3 and nab Stastny.
I have a feeling that Eberle would excel with the sedins but otherwise yes
Kesler/O'Reilly lines would get all the hard matchups (the es toi for the lines would probably be about equal for all 4).
Your bottom 2 lines are better than your top 2.. and no, I don't see Cervenka, Baertschi and Hudler getting the same amount of ice time as Hall, O'Reilly and Kesler unless your team is very poorly managed.
