NHL Draft going on now

[turtle]

We pick # 23...who will we get??

http://sports.espn.go.com/nhl/draft

[Larry Brown #43]

Do you know what network is broadcasting it? I'll flip between the draft and the Nats game.

[turtle]

check versus.

[Larry Brown #43]

Yep, there it is. Thanks.

[Larry Brown #43]

Man these hockey draftees look like they're about 12 years old. So different from watching the NFL draft. McPhee was saying this is a really deep draft so we might get something useful at 23.

[chipwhich]

Man these hockey draftees look like they're about 12 years old. So different from watching the NFL draft. McPhee was saying this is a really deep draft so we might get something useful at 23.

Most of these guys are 3-5 years out if you are lucky.

Not much different than baseball.

[Larry Brown #43]

Most of these guys are 3-5 years out if you are lucky.

Not much different than baseball.



I know...just seems like they look younger every year. Maybe has something to do with the fact that I get older every year.

[ixcuincle]

This draft is entertaining...the people come up , before they make their selection they give props to Boston for winning the world championship :laugh:

[turtle]

our pick is coming up soon

[turtle]

we take gustasson. has a herniated disk in his back. said he should be ok

[Larry Brown #43]

I remember his pop playing for us back in the day. He was a fantastic player.

[turtle]

hopefully it rubbed off on him.

[No Excuses]

Interesting pick. Wasn't expecting it.

[ixcuincle]

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/feature/?id=11513

"21. WASHINGTON CAPITALS Analysis

Anton Gustafsson

C, Vastra Frolunda (SWE)
TSN Rank: 30 McKenzie: Interesting pick. The reason he was rated so low was the fact he has a partially herniated disc in his back. He has the talent, but his health made him a draft wildcard. His father is former Cap forward Bengt Gustafsson."

[Larry Brown #43]

A little bit about Bengt Gustafsson...

http://washingtoncapitalslegends.blogspot.com/2007/07/bengt-ake-gustafsson.html

[turtle]

we moved up 2 spots to pick him. wonder what that cost us

[No Excuses]

we moved up 2 spots to pick him. wonder what that cost us

Pick #54 and pick #23. Not a bad trade but you have to wonder if it was worth drafting at a position we already are stacked at and a guy who has a moderate injury flag. Looks like a legacy pick.

I love the John Carlson pick. Not to happy about Eminger getting traded but it seemed as if he would never get a chance here anyways. Carlson is the big hard hitting d-man everyones been calling for since about forever. He will be playing for Dale Hunters team in London :applause:

[pjfootballer]

Blast from the past with Gustafsson. Carlson will be in the minors for a couple of years. They said he's big, but a bit of a project. Nice little haul. GM GM is doing a heck of a job. We had a log jam at defenseman with Alzner ready to play, so Eminger was the odd man out.

I noticed Philly traded alot of their players. Seems to me, they have too much turnover which hinders them, even though they lucked out and made the conference finals.

[triple6mafia]

i like both our picks. both young, but i trust our scout. our farm system appears to be doing its job and doing it affectively

[turtle]

here's our round 2 picks

WSH
(from SJS) ERIC MESTERY May 28, 1990 WINNIPEG, MB CA 6' 5" 195 WHL TRI-CITY D
2 58 WSH
(from PHI) DMITRI KUGRYSHEV Jan 18, 1990 MOSCOW RU 5' 11" 183 RUSSIA-3 CSKA 2
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?page=DraftStats&position=All&round=2&service=page&team=All&year=2008

[turtle]

no 3rd round pick....here's our 4th rounder...

93 WSH
(from LAK) BRADEN HOLTBY Sep 16, 1989 LLOYDMINSTER, SK CA 6' 1" 205 WHL SASKATOON

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?page=DraftStats&position=All&round=4&service=page&team=All&year=2008

[turtle]

5 144 WSH JOEL BRODA Nov 24, 1989 YORKTON, SK CA 6' 0" 196 WHL MOOSE JAW C

6 174 WSH GREG BURKE May 16, 1990 PORTSMOUTH, NH US 6' 1" 185 EJHL JR. MONARCHS LW

7 204 WSH STEFAN DELLA ROVERE Feb 25, 1990 RICHMOND HILL, ON CA 5' 10" 196 OHL BARRIE LW


here's rounds 5-7

don't know any info on them will have to look them up. anyone got any insight?

http://www.nhl.com/nhl/app?page=DraftStats&position=All&round=7&service=page&team=WSH&year=2008

[PokerPacker]

I'm feeling old now. Dimitri Kugryshev is 7 months younger than me...

He looks like he's got potential, especially since RW is one of our shallower positions. He's a bit unpolished from what i've read, but that's to be expected of an 18 year old. he'll be playing in the Russian Super League next season, so I guess we'll get a real idea of what he can do when he starts playing there.

[HEavyJumbo85]

I really like that kid Della Rovere. He's real tough and even though he isn't all that big, he's a heck of a fighter and a hard worker. He's an agitator, but he's a leader too(named Captain of the Barrie Colts for next season). Here's some of his work, he's number 19 in black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mB3U1th7ZQ

[No Excuses]

The Russian forward could be good. McPhee says he was a first rounder but slipped because of some transfer issues from Russia to America. I think hes playing in a better league next year which should give an idea if hes as good as his numbers suggest.

RW is the weakspot on our team. I liked Semin as a RW but I guess Boudreau wants him on the left side... I'm not a Kozlov fan. Dude has been MIA in the playoffs for his whole career.

[PokerPacker]

I really like that kid Della Rovere. He's real tough and even though he isn't all that big, he's a heck of a fighter and a hard worker. He's an agitator, but he's a leader too(named Captain of the Barrie Colts for next season). Here's some of his work, he's number 19 in black

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mB3U1th7ZQ
looks like he can throw a solid punch from either side.