Oilers get first pick in the NHL draft, jumping Blue Jackets in the lottery

• gorocks99

  

  Fuckin Jackets can't catch a break, ever. Third straight number one pick for Edmonton.
  
  http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=627198&navid=DL|NHL|home
• gorocks99

  

  http://twitter.com/#!/DougMaclean/status/189878404663873537
  
  Fuck that guy.
• LJ

  

  So glad city council decided to go behind the voters' backs and use public money to save this pitiful organization.
• sleeper

  

  LJ;1141561 wrote:So glad city council decided to go behind the voters' backs and use public money to save this pitiful organization.

  Yeah LJ, city council should have rigged the draft lottery. It's all city council's fault. :rolleyes:
• LJ

  

  sleeper;1141562 wrote:Yeah LJ, city council should have rigged the draft lottery. It's all city council's fault. :rolleyes:

  huh?
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  gorocks99;1141500 wrote:Fuckin Jackets can't catch a break, ever. Third straight number one pick for Edmonton.
  
  http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=627198&navid=DL|NHL|home

  This team should be competing for a playoff spot by now - Trade the pick for Rick Nash then trade the number 2 pick for #1 d-man.
• End of Line

  

  Draft Forsberg at #2 Trade Nash to Toronto for the #5 pick and Franson (and other pieces) Draft Galyenchuk at #5.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  Still though, at 2, they should be able to get a good player. A superstar quality player would be nice but if they can get Nash in order, they kind of already have that. You don't need 3 superstars to win it all like you somewhat do in the NBA.
  
  Boston Bruins proved that last year. They have probably one superstar, who plays defense, and a bunch of really good players. Bergeron, Marchand, Thomas, Krejci, Peverly, etc. You can go up and down that roster, and see guys who never get mentioned as top tier players, but together as a group, are very very good.
  
  I don't follow junior hockey too much other than the world championships which are always the week after Christmas, but usually every other year, a really good player comes out.
  
  Last few years, top 3 players...
  
  2011
  1. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (really good player for Edmonton)
  2. Gabriel Landeskog (excellent player for Colorado, played all 82)
  3. guy who hasn't seen the NHL yet, still in the juniors
  
  2010
  1. Taylor Hall (good player slowly coming along in Edmonton)
  2. Tyler Seguin (plays big minutes for Boston, helped win cup last year, made all star team this year
  3. Still in juniors
  
  2009
  1. John Tavares
  2. Victor Hedman
  3. Matt Duchene
  all good players
  
  2008
  1. Steven Stamkos (superstar, scored 60 goals this year)
  2. Drew Doughty (excellent defenseman, played for Team Canada)
  3. Zach Bogosian
  
  2007
  1. Patrick Kane (scored cup winner 2 years ago)
  2. James Van Riemsdyk
  3. Kyle Turris (hasn't panned out, on his second team, not seeing a lot of ice time)
  
  You can keep going, the last 10 years have produced great players in the top 3.
  
  The last great great player drafted was Stamkos in 2008, so the league could be due for another superstar.
• End of Line

  

  COA, Alex Pietrangelo went 3rd for the Blues and he's a fucking beast.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  The_Crosby_Show;1141758 wrote:COA, Alex Pietrangelo went 3rd for the Blues and he's a fucking beast.

  Nope 4th in 08. Thanks though.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_NHL_Entry_Draft
• End of Line

  

  Who went 3rd then? Bogosian?
• Raw Dawgin' it

  

  The_Crosby_Show;1141786 wrote:Who went 3rd then? Bogosian?

  yeah.