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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2010 12:41:23 GMT -4
Bai-Comeau's win last night officially clinches the basement for the Moose for the second year in a row. Good thing is that we have our Euro pick, #3 overall, as well as our 1st and 2nd rounders.
SO let the planning begin.......
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Post by Jacques Strap on Mar 4, 2010 12:47:59 GMT -4
Now will it be #1 or #2 overall....I am sure Patenaude will make sure we get the 1st pick.
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Post by canbeer on Mar 4, 2010 13:28:20 GMT -4
We're in the exact same position as last year and yet what a difference a year makes. Last place last year was almost a cruel joke without our 1st round pick and having trade away our Euro pick as well. Also moving forward our only young bright spots were Desjardins, Bernard, Randell and Corbeil. Patenaude made one good move in that year in getting some picks for MacMillan but in terms of youth and picks it wasn't exactly a great outlook... not much depth or on the top end.
Now this year we have lots of quality 2010 and 2011 draft picks moving forward. We had the youngest D in the league this year that will pretty much remain intact for next year and is full of promise. We have options moving forward in nets. And they can return 3 lines that may lack top-end scoring but who can all contribute. Add to that the 16 year old NB Midget AAA Dman of the year in Lewis and the 16 year old 3rd overall scorer in Quebec Midget AAA league will also join the team next year.
It will be a LONG off season but interesting none-the-less. The midget draft this year will likely be the most interesting the Moose have even had. Add a top euro pick and even with all the returning players the Moose will have lots of interesting young rookies in camp next year. I'm sure I say this every year but it should be an especially interesting camp next year.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2010 14:05:28 GMT -4
We're in the exact same position as last year and yet what a difference a year makes. Last place last year was almost a cruel joke without our 1st round pick and having trade away our Euro pick as well. Also moving forward our only young bright spots were Desjardins, Bernard, Randell and Corbeil. Patenaude made one good move in that year in getting some picks for MacMillan but in terms of youth and picks it wasn't exactly a great outlook... not much depth or on the top end. Now this year we have lots of quality 2010 and 2011 draft picks moving forward. We had the youngest D in the league this year that will pretty much remain intact for next year and is full of promise. We have options moving forward in nets. And they can return 3 lines that may lack top-end scoring but who can all contribute. Add to that the 16 year old NB Midget AAA Dman of the year in Lewis and the 16 year old 3rd overall scorer in Quebec Midget AAA league will also join the team next year. It will be a LONG off season but interesting none-the-less. The midget draft this year will likely be the most interesting the Moose have even had. Add a top euro pick and even with all the returning players the Moose will have lots of interesting young rookies in camp next year. I'm sure I say this every year but it should be an especially interesting camp next year. This year you can actually say that it will be an interesting camp in August and actually underpromise. I always look forward to the draft every year but this year it will seem to take forever to get here and then August will be even harder to wait for. The way I look at it right now is that the 2, 3 if you want to include 2007-2008 as it was the biggest disappointment ever, years of hell are over with and the fun is about to begin in August 2010. I see the Mooseheads as being a midpack team next year, it will depend on how well our young players that we have already develop, and they should as most of them got put into situations that rookies on our team never used to before, and of course how much the top teams in our division regress next year.
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Post by fireball on Mar 4, 2010 14:22:43 GMT -4
Does Halifax have the first over-all pick or is there a raffle for it with other teams ? I forget ! Q draft I am asking about.
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Post by lalalaprise on Mar 4, 2010 14:23:29 GMT -4
Bai-Comeau's win last night officially clinches the basement for the Moose for the second year in a row. Good thing is that we have our Euro pick, #3 overall, as well as our 1st and 2nd rounders. SO let the planning begin....... Own 3rd rounder too...5 picks in top 37 In 2006 halifax didnt pick their 5th player until the 8th round (they had 2 8th rd picks that year I believe, Finn and Earle) ...
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Post by lalalaprise on Mar 4, 2010 14:24:07 GMT -4
Does Halifax have the first over-all pick or is there a raffle for it with other teams ? I forget ! Q draft I am asking about. Coin flip between Halifax and BaC for 1st overall pick, but Halifax will pick 19th and 37th for sure...coin flip only effects 1st overall.
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Post by howitzer on Mar 4, 2010 14:29:55 GMT -4
Over the years, say 5-10 year span, what teams compiled the most number of picks in the early rounds? For us 5 is very good, but thats for the Mooseheads. We never have picks. But overall league wide, how does that number stand up?? Average, good, very good??
I know Moncton a couple years back had a lot of picks early. Chicoutimi had quite a few last year. Riki always seem to have a glut of picks every 3-4 years.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 4, 2010 14:40:55 GMT -4
Over the years, say 5-10 year span, what teams compiled the most number of picks in the early rounds? For us 5 is very good, but thats for the Mooseheads. We never have picks. But overall league wide, how does that number stand up?? Average, good, very good?? I know Moncton a couple years back had a lot of picks early. Chicoutimi had quite a few last year. Riki always seem to have a glut of picks every 3-4 years. I think the Cats had 9 in the top 5 2 years ago and something like 8 the year before.
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Post by lalalaprise on Mar 4, 2010 14:42:30 GMT -4
Over the years, say 5-10 year span, what teams compiled the most number of picks in the early rounds? For us 5 is very good, but thats for the Mooseheads. We never have picks. But overall league wide, how does that number stand up?? Average, good, very good?? I know Moncton a couple years back had a lot of picks early. Chicoutimi had quite a few last year. Riki always seem to have a glut of picks every 3-4 years. Over the last few years ive noticed teams with a ton of picks dont really do much better than teams with slightly above average picks and that can likely be attributed to teams taking more gambles when they have more picks. Dont get me wrong, id rather have 5 picks in the top 37 than 3 in the top 37, but if you look at draft track records over the last while, teams with a boat load of picks dont seem to get more impact players than teams with a normal amount. There is more room for error when you have a lot of picks. Look at Moncton in 2008, they picked a kid in the 5th rd (Samuel Cadet) who was released from their 50-man list already and I dont believe any other team picked him up. It isnt a big deal that they drafted a bust because they had 8 other picks in the first 5 rounds that year...if Halifax did that it would be magnified because they have no room for error. It also depends on drafting style. Shawi seems to take a lot of local kids in the top 5 rounds. They took MA Goyette in rd 3 and he was cut 3 straight years, same goes for Tommy Samson, but they strike gold with 2 locals in Vandall and Houde-Caron. Sometimes they will reach on a kid because hes local and it doesnt always work out. Also some teams cant seem to get it right in rd 1, where as they make pretty good picks after that, Gatineau is a good example of that. Chicoutimi has loaded up on 17 year olds the last while, Deschamps, Lagace, Populus, Lebel, Vermette, Regimbald...that tends to eliminate some of the risk associated with drafting. All and all I hope Halifax just picks talented kids regardless of where they are from and I hope they take the best talent 1st or 2nd overall...sure the team is pretty stacked on D but if a dman is the best talent, take him, because you can make trades in this league so it doesnt make sense to pass up better players because they arent a 'current fit' The way this draft is shaping up there seems to be a few pretty good goalies, lots of small skilled forwards and some impact dmen for the 1st rd but they tend to thin out...so based on Halifax's 'needs' this draft seems to align well.
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Post by canbeer on Mar 4, 2010 14:44:31 GMT -4
Over the years, say 5-10 year span, what teams compiled the most number of picks in the early rounds? For us 5 is very good, but thats for the Mooseheads. We never have picks. But overall league wide, how does that number stand up?? Average, good, very good?? I know Moncton a couple years back had a lot of picks early. Chicoutimi had quite a few last year. Riki always seem to have a glut of picks every 3-4 years. I think it will be very good but I'm sure there's someone with more. I think I think remember it being mentioned that one team will have 3 first round pick this year.
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Post by elementz on Mar 4, 2010 14:46:23 GMT -4
Over the years, say 5-10 year span, what teams compiled the most number of picks in the early rounds? For us 5 is very good, but thats for the Mooseheads. We never have picks. But overall league wide, how does that number stand up?? Average, good, very good?? I know Moncton a couple years back had a lot of picks early. Chicoutimi had quite a few last year. Riki always seem to have a glut of picks every 3-4 years. I think the Cats had 9 in the top 5 2 years ago and something like 8 the year before. I believe the Sags have 6 1st round picks in the next two years, I could be wrong though. Back in 2006, Rimouski had 4 picks in the top 10 of the 1st round.
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Post by bois on Mar 4, 2010 15:31:13 GMT -4
I think the Cats had 9 in the top 5 2 years ago and something like 8 the year before. I believe the Sags have 6 1st round picks in the next two years, I could be wrong though. Back in 2006, Rimouski had 4 picks in the top 10 of the 1st round. not until draft day.. they made several moves to get those picks.. Drew Paris was traded for one.. and I know they swapped alot of picks to keep moving up.... but yeah they did fare out pretty well in that draft landing Cormier, Caron, Cornet and Neron.... 3 out of 4 ain't bad ... but it didn't win them any championships either
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Post by lalalaprise on Mar 4, 2010 15:54:25 GMT -4
I believe the Sags have 6 1st round picks in the next two years, I could be wrong though. Back in 2006, Rimouski had 4 picks in the top 10 of the 1st round. not until draft day.. they made several moves to get those picks.. Drew Paris was traded for one.. and I know they swapped alot of picks to keep moving up.... but yeah they did fare out pretty well in that draft landing Cormier, Caron, Cornet and Neron.... 3 out of 4 ain't bad ... but it didn't win them any championships either Lefrancois in rd 4 wasnt a bad 5th choice that year for them
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 4, 2010 16:10:21 GMT -4
I believe the Sags have 6 1st round picks in the next two years, I could be wrong though. Back in 2006, Rimouski had 4 picks in the top 10 of the 1st round. not until draft day.. they made several moves to get those picks.. Drew Paris was traded for one.. and I know they swapped alot of picks to keep moving up.... but yeah they did fare out pretty well in that draft landing Cormier, Caron, Cornet and Neron.... 3 out of 4 ain't bad ... but it didn't win them any championships either They also got good mileage out of Neron, I think Quebec gave them a 1st plus maybe a 3rd or 4th for him...
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