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Originally Posted by daveeb

i think that draft has 9 guys who havent played 100 games in the 1st round and six of those guys arent nhl players....
Still, considering how the draft picks have gone (D, G, LW, RW, LW, C, C, RW), I think the Jackets are about due to be drafting a good defenseman, especially since they have passed up on Marc Staal in 2005 (And the better Center than Brule in Anze Kopitar).

interesting how you say staal, he was drafted after lee and bourdon. heck in that draft you have bobby ryan, j johnson, pouliot, skille, setoguchi, lee, bourdon who have barely seen the nhl. then you have brule who has played 146 games third i believe in that draft class.

kopitar was a goofy lengthy kid from slovenia via sweden, the jackets felt that brule could help them early. kopitar may have been the #1 euro skater but he was well behind brule in just about everybodies book, unless i see it in writting from you i doubt it...

drafting 18 year olds is a long way from cant miss. look at pretty much any draft and youll see it.

it will be interesting to see if the jackets move their two firsts for players to win now, i really have a hard time seeing them stay pat, who knows...

I have to think that sooner or later they're going to get bit by their fan base. It seems like year after year they talk big but nothing happens of it. They have not had much success with their FA signings and I don't know how much longer their fan base will keep up with a non-playoff team. They need to move those draft choices for some quality players unless they are willing to pay some big-time dollars for some quality FAs IMO